Psychology Quiz: Intelligence

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Have you learned the concept of intelligence in psychology? Take this psychology quiz on intelligence to see how much you understand this topic. Psychology is vast in terms of knowledge and understanding. If you are aware of this topic, you can test your knowledge here. Along with practice, you can learn more. This quiz will help you with the correct answers to the questions. Go for it, and try. All the best! You can share the quiz with others interested in psychology.

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1.

All people are not born equal unless they are _______________.
2.

Fraternal twins are
- A.
  
  Monozygotic
- B.
  
  Dizygotic
- C.
  
  Both of the above
- D.
  
  None of the above
3.

A statistic (commonly denoted as h2) that describes the proportion of the difference between people's scores that can be explained by differences in their genetic makeup is known as what?
4.

What is a better predictor than the ethnicity of a child's intelligence and performance?
5.

Intelligence tends to [Blank] over the life span and increases over generations.
6.

Williams syndrome includes what?
- A.
  
  Absence of genes on chromosome 7
- B.
  
  Unable to tie their shoe or add 3+7
- C.
  
  Gifted in speech and music
- D.
  
  All of the above
7.

What did Henry Goddard do?
- A.
  
  Tested american families and for those who did not do well he claimed they were responsible for the nation's problems
- B.
  
  Administered intelligence tests to arriving immigrants from ellis island
- C.
  
  Suggested segregation into isolated colonies for those who did not score well
- D.
  
  All of the above
8.

Intelligence tests were fraud and disgrace used to __________________________
9.

Alfred Binet did what?
- A.
  
  Administered test in ellis island
- B.
  
  Believed the american families who scored low on test were the reason for the nations problems
- C.
  
  Used testing to sort out children for necessary remedial problems
- D.
  
  Believed all social classes should be educated
- E.
  
  Both C and D
10.

Binet and Simon's test was a measure of __________________ or or natural intelligence.
11.

The intelligence quotient was a measure of a child's ___________ age to the child's physical age.
12.

A statistic obtained by dividing a person's test score by the average test score of people in the same age group and then multiplying the quotient by 100 is what?
- A.
  
  Measure of IQ
- B.
  
  Deviation IQ
- C.
  
  Mental capacity
- D.
  
  None of the above
13.

Alzheimer's affects what type of intelligence?
- A.
  
  Crystallized intelligence
- B.
  
  Fluid intelligence
- C.
  
  Objective intelligence
- D.
  
  Creative intelligence
14.

What is fluid intelligence?
- A.
  
  Memory of what is happening now
- B.
  
  Memories from the past
- C.
  
  Memories of yesterday
- D.
  
  Memories of few years back
15.

Ravens progressive matrices have two major points. What are they?
- A.
  
  Affects crystallized intelligence
- B.
  
  Measures nonverbal reasoning
- C.
  
  Unlikely to be culturally biased
- D.
  
  Both B and C