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Gould
(IQ Testing)
| Past exam short questions |
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According
to Gould (IQ testing), Yerkes believed that his IQ tests measured
“native intellectual ability.” |
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What
did Yerkes mean by ”native intellectual ability”? |
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Identify
two criticisms of the
test as a measure of “native intellectual ability.” |
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1997 |
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2 |
In
the paper on IQ testing, Gould identifies three “facts” that
were created from the data collected by Yerkes. |
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Identify
one of these “facts” |
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Outline
a difficulty with accepting this “fact” |
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1998 |
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3 |
From
the paper by Gould on IQ testing, |
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Describe
one of the practical
problems experienced by Yerkes when he attempted the mass testing of
army recruits for the First World War |
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Give
one use that was made of
the data by politicians. |
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2000 |
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4 |
In
the article ‘A Nation of Morons’, Gould refers to three
‘scientific facts’. |
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Describe
one ‘fact’ that was concluded from the study |
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(b) |
Outline
one way in which the ‘facts’ were used to increase social
control in the United States of America |
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June 2001 |
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5 (a) |
Explain
why Gould’s study of American I.Q. testing was sub-titled ‘A
Nation of Morons’? |
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(b) |
From
the study, suggest two factors that might affect performance on an
I.Q. test. |
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Sample 2000 |
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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 |
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(a) |
Identify
one problem with this test example and say why it is a problem |
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(b) |
Outline
one effect that such test items had on Yerkes’ conclusions |
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January 2002 |
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7 |
Outline two problems
that Gould identifies in his account of Yerkes' IQ tests |
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May
2002 |
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From the report by Gould, why did Yerkes use three types of IQ tests on the army recruits? |
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| (b) | Outline one problem with the Beta tests described in this study. | [2] |
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January 2003
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| 9 | From the review by Gould, explain what Yerkes meant when he used the term 'native intellectual ability'. |
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May 2003 |
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10 |
From the review of IQ testing by Gould identify one of the three 'facts' created from the data gathered by Yerkes. |
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| (b) | Outline one use that was made of Yerkes' data by politicians. | [2] |
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January 2004 |
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From Gould's review of IQ testing, identify one way in which Yerkes' IQ tests were culturally biased |
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| 13 | From the review by Gould describe one of the IQ tests completed by recruits. | [2] |
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May 2005 |
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| 14 | From the study by Gould, explain why the IQ of the army recruits was tested. | [2] |
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January 2006 |
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| 15 | Describe one way in which the IQ tests described by Gould were biased. | [2] |
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May 2006 |
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| 16 | From the review by Gould identify two 'facts' that emerged from the IQ testing on military recruits carried out by Yerkes. |
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January 2007 |
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