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Gould (IQ Testing)

Past exam short questions


 

1

According to Gould (IQ testing), Yerkes believed that his IQ tests measured “native intellectual ability.”

 

(a)

What did Yerkes mean by ”native intellectual ability”?

[2]

 

 

 

(b)

Identify two criticisms of the test as a measure of “native intellectual ability.”

  [2]

 

1997


 

 

 

 

 

2

In the paper on IQ testing, Gould identifies three “facts” that were created from the data collected by Yerkes.

 

 

 

 

 

Identify one of these “facts”

[2]

 

 

 

 

Outline a difficulty with accepting this “fact”

[2]

 

1998


 

 

 

 

3

From the paper by Gould on IQ testing,

 

 

 

 

 

Describe one of the practical problems experienced by Yerkes when he attempted the mass testing of army recruits for the First World War

 

[2]

 

 

 

 

Give one use that was made of the data by politicians.

[2]

 

2000


 

 

 

 

 

4

In the article ‘A Nation of Morons’, Gould refers to three ‘scientific facts’.

 

 

 

 

(a)

Describe one ‘fact’ that was concluded from the study

[2]

 

 

 

(b)

Outline one way in which the ‘facts’ were used to increase social control in the United States of America

  [2]

 

June 2001


 

 

 

 

5

(a)

 

Explain why Gould’s study of American I.Q. testing was sub-titled ‘A Nation of Morons’?

 

  [2]

 

 

 

(b)

From the study, suggest two factors that might affect performance on an I.Q. test.

  [2]

 

Sample 2000


 

 

 

 

 

6

This is an example of a test item similar to those found in the Army Beta test described in Gould’s study of IQ testing

 

 

 

 

(a)

Identify one problem with this test example and say why it is a problem

  [2]

 

 

 

(b)

Outline one effect that such test items had on Yerkes’ conclusions

[2]

 

January 2002


 

 

 

 

7

Outline two problems that Gould identifies in his account of Yerkes' IQ tests

[4]

 

May 2002


 

  8

 

 

(a)

From the report by Gould, why did Yerkes use three types of IQ tests on the army recruits?

  [2]


(b) Outline one problem with the Beta tests described in this study. [2]

January 2003


 

9 From the review by Gould, explain what Yerkes meant when he used the term 'native intellectual ability'.  

[2]

May 2003


 

10
(a)


 

From the review of IQ testing by Gould identify one of the three 'facts' created from the data gathered by Yerkes.


 

[2]

     
(b) Outline one use that was made of Yerkes' data by politicians. [2]
 

January 2004


 

11

From Gould's review of IQ testing, identify one way in which Yerkes' IQ tests were culturally biased


[2]
 

May 2004


 
     
13 From the review by Gould describe one of the IQ tests completed by recruits. [2]
 

May 2005


 
     
     
14 From the study by Gould, explain why the IQ of the army recruits was tested. [2]
 

January 2006


 
     
15 Describe one way in which the IQ tests described by Gould were biased. [2]
 

May 2006


 
     
     
     
     
16 From the review by Gould identify two 'facts' that emerged from the IQ testing on military recruits carried out by Yerkes.  

[2]

 

January 2007