This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Teaching > Individual Differences – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Individual Differences Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Research suggests that women are more skilled than men at A) Interpreting others' facial expressions of emotion. B) Avoiding emotional uncertainty. C) Preventing emotions from distorting reasoning. D) Delaying emotional gratification in pursuit of long-term goals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpreting others' facial expressions of emotion. 2. The alternative uses test (how many uses for a sock can you think of? ) is a measure of A) Linguistic intelligence. B) Practical intelligence. C) Analytical intelligence. D) Creative intelligence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creative intelligence. 3. Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in order to measure the ..... of a test. A) Validity. B) Reliability. C) Standardization. D) Factor analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reliability. 4. Which of the following is NOT a part of Sternberg's intelligence theory? A) Practical. B) Analytic. C) Creative. D) Interpersonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interpersonal. 5. What is the Flynn Effect? A) Predictive ability of intelligence tests. B) Superiority of certain racial and ethnic groups on intelligence tests. C) Stereotype threat that might cause some students to underperform on standardized tests. D) Gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades. 6. Environmental stimulation during childhood often contributes to the development of intelligence by altering the circuitry of the brain. This alteration illustrates A) Heritability. B) Intelligence quotient. C) The Flynn effect. D) Neural plasticity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Neural plasticity. 7. ..... is a specific learning disability that has difficulties in reading. A) Dyscalculia. B) Dysgraphia. C) Dyslexia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dyscalculia. 8. Which of the following is NOT a requirement of a good test? A) Reliability. B) Standardization. C) Reification. D) Criterion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reification. 9. These are some of the comprehension strategies that are often taught in Transactional Strategies Instruction, except A) Summarization. B) Visualization. C) Prediction. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 10. People with high EQs would be likely to A) Pursue high-paying occupations. B) Complete college. C) Be creative problem solvers. D) Find jobs well suited to their individual strengths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Find jobs well suited to their individual strengths. 11. Explaining why the best work of scientists is often produced in early adulthood while that of novelists often originates during middle adulthood requires a distinction between A) Fluid and crystallized intelligence. B) Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. C) Conventional and postconventional morality. D) Initiative and generativity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fluid and crystallized intelligence. 12. Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's A) Ability to assume the perspective of others. B) Ability to utilize diffuse brain regions for storing memories. C) Accumulated knowledge. D) Ability to reason speedily and abstractly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ability to reason speedily and abstractly. 13. The notion of the L2 learner as a social being considers variables such as: A) Ethnicity, gender and power relations. B) Language aptitude, personality and intelligence. C) Learning strategies, attidude and willingness to communicate. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethnicity, gender and power relations. 14. Aptitude tests are to ..... as achievement tests are to ..... A) Current interests; past competence. B) Past competence; current interests. C) Current competence; future performance. D) Future performance; current competence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Future performance; current competence. 15. The ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions is called? A) Two-Factor Theory. B) Weschler Intelligence. C) Emotional Intelligence. D) Multiple Intelligences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional Intelligence. 16. A test is said to be reliable if it: A) Measures what it is supposed to measure. B) Gives consistent results for any given person. C) Tests many different abilities. D) Does not show racial and ethnic differences in scores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gives consistent results for any given person. 17. Abstracts beyond the original ideas A) High Achiever. B) Gifted Learner. C) Creative Thinker. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creative Thinker. 18. Which of the following is NOT a Standard Deviation percentage for 1, 2, and 3 units of the entire population? A) 75%. B) 95%. C) 99%. D) 68%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 75%. 19. Children are said to have an intellectual disability if they have difficulty adapting to the demands of independent living and have IQ scores below A) 80. B) 60. C) 70. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 70. 20. Binet and Terman would have been most likely to disagree about the: A) Possibility of predicting people's academic success from intelligence scores. B) Need to standardize intelligence tests. C) Extent to which intelligence is determined by heredity. D) Definition of mental age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extent to which intelligence is determined by heredity. 21. Although Nicole scored well above average on the SAT, she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends. Her behavior best illustrates a low level of: A) Convergent thinking. B) Validity. C) Emotional intelligence. D) Mental age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Emotional intelligence. 22. Some types of learning styles can be: A) Visual, musical and spatial. B) Field-independent, kinaesthetic and self-confident. C) Visual, aural, kinaesthetic and field-dependent. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visual, aural, kinaesthetic and field-dependent. 23. Bethany has a mental age of 5. This means that she must: A) Ave an intelligence level that matches her have answered test items that could be answered by an haverage 5-year-old. B) Have answered test items that could be answered by an average 5-year-old. C) Have answered at least half of the items considered appropriate for the average 6-year-old. D) Be 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have answered test items that could be answered by an average 5-year-old. 24. Which of the following is not one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences? A) Spatial. B) Musical. C) Practical. D) Interpersonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Practical. 25. Which of the following best describes the extent to which a test yields consistent results upon retesting? A) Standardization. B) Reliability. C) Validity. D) Factor analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reliability. 26. Individual are different in some way from the "normal" or "average" . It includes those with special needs related to cognitive abilities, behavior, emotional disturbances and giftedness. What factor does it pertain? A) Special services. B) Special education. C) Inclusiveness. D) Exceptionalities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exceptionalities. 27. The notion of the learner as a language processor considers variables such as: A) Power relations, identity and ethnicity. B) Social class and gender. C) Age, motivation and personality. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Age, motivation and personality. 28. According to Freud, which part of the personality balances the demand of the other two parts and, thus, represents the personality that others see? A) Id. B) Ego. C) Superego. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ego. 29. Aptitude tests are specifically designed to A) Assess learned knowledge or skills. B) Measure educational achievement. C) Compare an individual's abilities with those of highly successful people. D) Predict ability to learn a new skill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Predict ability to learn a new skill. 30. Who is most likely to be criticized for extending the definition of intelligence to an overly broad range of talents? A) Howard Gardner. B) Lewis Terman. C) Charles Spearman. D) Alfred Binet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Howard Gardner. 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