Midterm Exam

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Midterm Exam: Senior Seminar

You will complete a midterm exam. Please submit your exam via d2l in the assignment section as an attachment (also cut and paste your exam). When responding to the essay questions, be sure to cite any material you obtained from a book, journal, lecture, internet, or elsewhere. Make sure to provide detailed responses, using examples when necessary. Not citing material that is not your own is considered as plagiarism. Your exam must use the following format:

a. APA format, citing material from sources

b. 1 inch margins

c. Double spacing

d. 12 point, Times New Roman font

e. Title page (using 6th edition APA manual)

f. Reference list

g. 3 pages or more in length

Address 8 of the 10 questions below:

1. Describe Sternberg’s and Gardner’s theories of intelligence. Explain how Sternberg’s theory differs from previous models of intelligence.

2. Compare and contrast reliability and validity. Discuss 2 different types of each. Discuss test standardization.

3. Define performance tests and culture-fair test. Discuss why such tests are needed, where they are useful, and what advantages and disadvantages they provide.

4. Discuss the history of intelligence testing (be sure to include the contribution of Alfred Binet, Theodore Simon, Lewis Terman and David Weschler). How did World War I help us develop intelligence testing?

5. Discuss the Bell Curve and using IQ test to reduce immigration on Ellis Island in 1910. In your opinion, what is so significant about these events in relation to racism and/or discrimination.

6. Define intelligence and explain why psychologists have difficulty defining intelligence.

7. Discuss how IQ changes as we get older. Include what aspects of IQ change with aging.

8. Discuss standardized IQ test used today (e.g., WAIS, WISC, and Standford Binet)

9. Discuss emotional intelligence? Do you feel it is relevant or useful in psychology, why or why

not?

10. Discuss standardization of a test. How do you believe intelligence should be measured?