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Friday, March 2, 2012

Human Abilities MCQ Psychology Quiz

Human Abilities MCQ Psychology Quiz

Psychology Sample Test Paper

1. IQ is not as good a predictor of out-of-school achievements such as ……………

(a) Art, music

(b) Creative writing, dramatics

(c) Science and leadership

(d) All of the above

Ans. (d)

2. A person with mental abilities far below average is termed ………….

(a) Borderline

(b) Average

(c) Mentally retarded

(d) Dull normal

Ans. (c)

3. Read the following statements carefully and give an appropriate response:

(i) The association between IQ and high- status professional Jobs shows that such jobs require more intelligence.

(ii) Women tend to excel on test items that require verbal ability, vocabulary and rote learning

(iii) Only about 6 percent of the population score above 140 on IQ tests.

(iv) An IQ score below 90 indicates mental retardation

(a) Statements (i), (iii) and (iv) are false, but (ii) is true

(b) Statements (i), (ii) and (iii), are false, but (iv) is true

(c) Statements (iii), (ii) and (iv) are false, but (i) is true

(d) Statements (iii) (ii) and (iv) are false, but (i) is true

Ans. (a)

4. The first group intelligence test was the ……….. Developed for use in rating World War I military inductees.

(a) Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)

(b) American College Test (ACT)

(c) College Qualification Test (CQT)

(d) Army Alpha Test (AAT)

Ans. (d)

5. Persons having below 70 IQ are called

(a) Average

(b) Dull normal

(c) Borderline

(d) Mentally retarded

Ans. (d)

6. Mental age is a good measures of actual ability, but it says nothing about whether overall intelligence is

(a) High

(b) Low

(c) High or low

(d) None of these

Ans. (c)

7. In a two versions of the test, we can correlate score on one to scores on the other for each person. It is known as

(a) Equivalent-forms reliability

(b) Split-half reliability

(c) Reliability

(d) None of these

Ans. (a)

8. If the test gives the some score when corrected by different people, it is

(a) Standard

(b) Valid

(c) Objective

(d) Norm

Ans. (c)

9. According to Goleman the ability to “read” others accurately is an aspect of

(a) Emotional intelligence

(b) Practical intelligence

(c) Artificial intelligence

(d) Inter-personal intelligence

Ans. (a)

10. ………. structure-of-intellect model proposes 120 different intellectual abilities, many of which measure divergent rather than

convergent thinking.

(a) Alfred Binet’s

(b) J.P. Guilford’s

(c) L.L. Thurstone

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

11. ……… suggested that superior intelligence was associated with good health, social adaptability and leadership.

(a) Binet

(b) Spearman

(c) Terman

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

12. ………. was one of the first to take seriously the question of individual difference and their measurement.

(a) Binet

(b) Thurstone

(c) Sir Francis Galton

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

13. Who is the famous exponent of G-Factor theory?

(a) Lewis Terman

(b) Alfred Binet

(c) Charles spearman

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

14. A multifactor theory considerably more complex than Thurstone’s was pr6posed by

(a) Alfred Binet

(b) Lewis Terman

(c) J.P. Guilford

(d) None of the above

Ans. (c)

15. ……….. is a particularly prominent process theorist.

(a) Alfred Binet

(b) Jean Piaget

(c) Sigmund Freud

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

16. ……… views intellectual development as an evolution of cognitive processes such as understanding the laws of nature, the

principles of grammar and mathematical rules.

(a) Jerome Bruner

(b) Jean Piaget

(c) Alfred Binet

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

17. According to babies have a highly action-oriented intelligence.

(a) Jerome Bruner

(b) Alfred Binet

(c) L.L. Thurstone

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

18. Education and training ……… mental retardation but can make a big difference.

(a) Are not likely to cure

(b) Can cure

(c) Are trying to cure

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

19. ………. is a technical term referring to the proportion of the variation of a trait within a population that is attributed to genetic

differences between individuals in that population.

(a) Heritability

(b) Environment

(c) Heredity

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

20. ……… idea is that we use metacomponents t plan and regulate our behaviour.

(a) Robert Sternberg’s

(b) Alfred Binet’s

(c) Spearman’s

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

21. What are the most important intelligence tests?

(a) Stanford-Binet Intelligence scale

(b) Three tests developed by David Wechsler

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(4) None of the above

Ans. (c)

22. …….. has developed a family of tests to measure intelligence for people at various age level.

(a) David Wechsler

(b) Jean Piaget

(c) Charles Spearman

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

23. WISC-R, 1974 means the

(a) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children, Revised

(b) Wechsler Intelligence scale for Chronological Age, Revised

(c) Wechsler Intelligence scale for characteristics, Revised

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

24. A ………. adult generally falls in the Mental Age range of 8 and half years- to 11 years.

(a) Mildly retarded

(b) Moderately retarded

(c) Severely retarded

(d) None of the above

Ans. (a)

25. J.P. Guilford’s multifactor theory is a

(a) Two-dimensional theory

(b) Three-dimensional theory

(c) Four-dimensional theory

(d) None of the above

Ans. (b)

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