Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Variations in Psychological Attributes

Question:

Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Meenakshi is ten years old. The psychologist assessed her intellect and her mental age was found to be twelve years. Based on the normal curve, she is considered to be on the extreme side of the curve.

IQ scores are distributed in the population in such a way that the scores of most people tend to fall in the middle range of the distribution. The frequency distribution for the IQ scores tends to approximate a bell shaped curve.

Meenakshi is also extraverted and enjoys being with people. She has the ability to understand the motives, feelings and behaviours of other people. She also believes strongly in non violence and her entire life is guided by this value. Her friends call her Gandhian due to these traits. Further, they believe that she has developed these traits because of the culture in which she grew up.

Based on the information given in the passage, Meenakshi has an IQ of :

Options:

100

120

200

210

Correct Answer:

120

Explanation:
IQ = MA/CA 100 where MA= Mental Age, CA=Chronological Age. The IO of Meenakshi= 12/10*100=120 People in the range of IQ of 120 – 130 are considered as Superior.