Multiple Choice Questions

Feelings of __________ can undermine group members' performance on IQ tests.
  • stereotype vulnerability
  • d. stereotype vulnerability
  • benefit from
  • d. In all instances, adopted children show higher IQ similarities than related children.
Which of the following statements regarding adoption studies is false?
  • T
  • they are exposed to adequate role models
  • spatial ability tests
  • d. In all instances, adopted children show higher IQ similarities than related children.
Minorities are less likely than European Americans to live in physically, environmentally, or intellectually impoverished environments.
  • F
  • T
  • a. 100
  • spatial ability tests
Children who are removed from deprived situations to environments more conducive to learning tend to __________ the environmental enhancements.
  • benefit from
  • a. 100
  • d. stereotype vulnerability
  • they are exposed to adequate role models
Because identical twins begin as a single fertilized egg that then separates, identical twins share ____ percent of genetic makeup.
  • higher
  • a. 100
  • they are exposed to adequate role models
  • spatial ability tests
Traditionally, girls score higher than boys on tests that measure verbal fluency.
  • higher
  • d. In all instances, adopted children show higher IQ similarities than related children.
  • T
  • F
Culture-fair tests are used because they are the best at predicting academic achievement.
  • T
  • F
  • higher
  • a. 100
Marissa has heard her brother say that girls aren't very good at riding bikes. She doesn't try very hard to learn to ride her bike because she has heard other people say the same thing as her brother. Marissa is showing signs of _________.
  • they are exposed to adequate role models
  • spatial ability tests
  • c. Culture-fair
  • stereotype vulnerability
Children raised in substandard circumstances should experience a gradual increase in IQ.
  • higher
  • d. In all instances, adopted children show higher IQ similarities than related children.
  • T
  • F
Performance on IQ tests have steadily increased over the generations.
  • d. In all instances, adopted children show higher IQ similarities than related children.
  • higher
  • F
  • T
Neurological and perceptual speeds are generally higher in individuals with _________ intelligence.
  • spatial ability tests
  • higher
  • F
  • a. 100
Stereotype vulnerability refers to savants.
  • T
  • F
  • higher
  • c. Culture-fair
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