Psychology MCQs

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The vast majority of retarded people are classified as _____________?
A. Mildly retarded
B. Significantly retarded
C. Severely retarded
D. Moderately retarded
Sternberg’s Triarchic theory of intelligence includes all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Analytical intelligence
B. Creative intelligence
C. Practical intelligence
D. Social intelligence
Which of the following is NOT a component of Gardener’s emotional intelligence? The ability to
A. Experience emotions
B. Express motions
C. Practical intelligence
D. None of these
Mr. Mrs. Pervaiz Parent are beaming because their son, little Nasir, has been selected for a gifted children program at school. They think Nasir is a genius. What sort of advice do they need to hear?
A. Youngster with a 130-140 iq tend to be very maladjusted.
B. Most gifted children do not go on to make genius-level, major contributions to society that earn them eminence
C. They should prepare to be famous, based on their percentage of newton.
D. They should be warned that gifted children often have deficits in practical intelligence.
Most school districts consider children who__________to be gifted.
A. Have iq scores above 115
B. Score in the upper 2%-3% of the iq distribution
C. Have parents in professional careers
D. Demonstrate high levels of leadership and creativity
Evidence indicating that urbringing affects one’s mental ability is provided by which of the following findings?
A. Identical twins are more similar in iq than fraternal twins
B. There is more than a chance similarity between adopted children and their biological parents.
C. Siblings reared together are more similar in iq than sibling reared apart.
D. Identical twins reared apart are more similar iq siblings reared together.
All of the following refer reliability EXCEPT______reliability.
A. Split-half
B. Test-retest
C. Predictive
D. Parallel forms