Class 12 Psychology Chapter 1 MCQ

William Stern: Stern proposed a change to the previously calculated intelligence formula using the difference between a person’s mental age and chronological age. Instead, Stern proposed dividing a person’s mental age by their chronological age to arrive at a single ratio.

IQ = MA x CA x 100: Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is the score you get on an intelligence test. Originally the quotient (ratio): IQ = MA/CA x 100 [MA is mental age, CA is chronological age]. Values are now calibrated against a baseline of actual population values.

J.P. Guilford: Joy Paul Guilford proposed a theory for the structure of intelligence, which in previous versions assumed 120 capacities. In The Nature of Human Intelligence (1967), Guilford argued that competencies can be classified into his five types of operations, his four types of content, and his six types of products.

Journalists: A student with a high aptitude for verbal reasoning and a keen interest in reading is a journalist. Journalists research, write, edit, proofread and archive news, features and articles. Her work has been used on television and radio, in print magazines, magazines and newspapers.

Terman: Louis Terman, a psychologist at Stanford University, is the expert who conducted Binet’s original test and standardized it on a sample of American participants. Initially, this was known as the Revised Stanford-Binet His Scale, but is now more commonly known as the Stanford-Binet IQ.

General Factor: General Intelligence, also known as the g-factor, refers to the presence of a wide range of intellectual abilities that influence performance on measures of cognitive performance. General Factor is a hypothetical cause of individual variability in general ability, which represents an individual’s ability to perceive associations and draw conclusions therefrom.

Suitability: Aptitude refers to an individual’s potential to acquire a skill. Aptitude is an innate or acquired ability to do something. Skills can range from developed knowledge, acquired or mastered skills (aka skills), talents, or required attitudes.

Aptitude Test: Aptitude tests are designed to assess a person’s abilities or predict what they could learn or do if they received the proper education and guidance. Represents a level of ability to perform a particular type of task.

Spearmen: Spearman’s Rank Correlation measures the strength and direction of the association between two ranked variables. It basically tells you how monotonic the relationship between two variables is, or how well the relationship between the two variables can be represented using a monotonic function.

Trusted: Reliable results are accurate, reproducible and consistent from one test event to another. In other words, if the testing process were repeated on a group of test takers, they would yield essentially the same results.

Use Past Experience Creatively: The ability to come up with new ideas and solutions in dealing with new situations is considered creative intelligence. Also called experiential intelligence. This form of intelligence involves using existing knowledge and skills to deal with new problems and situations.

Giftedness: Student with gift and talents perform or have the capability to perform at higher levels compared to others of the same age, experience, and environment in one or more domains. They want modification to their educational experience to learn and realize their potential.

25 to 39: The average score for the IQ test is 100. These labels are often attached to IQ scores: 1 to 24: Severe intellectual disability. 25-39 years: Severe intellectual disability. 40-54 years: Moderate intellectual disability.

Interest: Interest is the price paid to borrow money or the cost charged to lend money. Interest is usually given as an annual percentage of the loan amount. This percentage is called the interest rate on the loan. For example, if you deposit money in a savings account, the bank will pay you interest.