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111) Culture-fair tests attempt to measure a. the intelligence of people coming from outside the culture in which the test was devised. b. the intelligence of people coming from inside the culture in which the test was devised. c. cultural background. d. the effects of culture on people’s intellectual and creative skills. 112) Many items on a “culture-fair” test require the use of a. nonverbal abilities such as rotating objects. b. verbal knowledge. c. musical knowledge. d. knowledge of major world historical figures. 113) Which of the following is a desirable characteristic of culture-fair tests? a. They should minimize or eliminate the use of language. b. They should not attempt to measure intelligence. c. They should be composed of items that vary from culture to culture. d. They should measure values based on a person’s cultural background. 114) Research on intelligence testing across different cultures has indicated that if tasks (i.e., reproducing visual patterns) are conducted using a medium that is familiar within background culture of the test-taker, then a. children from privileged countries continue to outperform disadvantaged children. b. children from minority groups will outperform non-minority group children. c. scores tend to be similar when tests are administered in a culture-specific manner. d. overall IQ scores are still lower for non-native language children as they do not assess abstract reasoning. 115) Which of the following is the best-known culture-fair measure of intelligence? a. Wechsler Intelligence Scale of Children b. Raven’s Progressive Matrices c. Stanford-Binet IQ Test d. Scholastic Assessment Test 116) Standardized exams, such as the SAT or GRE, often don’t appear predictive of university or graduate school grades due to a phenomenon called _________________. a. deviation IQ b. restriction of range c. metacognitive bias d. the double curse of incompetence 117) If asked whether standardized tests predict grades, what would the authors of your text argue? a. Yes, if we measure a full range of scores. b. No, unless we measure a restricted range of scores. c. Yes, if we only measure a restricted range of scores. d. No, if we measure a full range of scores. 118) The correlation between the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and standardized measures of intelligence tends to be between _________. a. .2 to .3 b. .4 to .5 c. .5 to .6 d. .7 to .8 119) Which of the following is likely to produce increased correlations between SAT scores and college GPA? a. Admitting more students to college who have not taken the SAT b. Admitting more high-SAT-scoring students to colleges c. Admitting fewer low-SAT-scoring students to colleges d. Admitting more low-SAT-scoring students to colleges 120) Psychological tests that yield relatively consistent results are said to be a. valid. b. reliable. c. standardized. d. normal.