AP Psych Unit 11 test – Flashcards
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Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is
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a mental ability to learn from experience
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To regard an abstract concept as if it were a real, concrete thing is called
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reification
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The Stanford-Binet, WAIS, and WISC tests are all types of
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general intelligence tests
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Factor analysis has been used to assess whether
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intelligence is a single trait or a collection of distinct disabilities
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Spearman's g factor refers to
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a general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks
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People's scores on the general intelligence factor are most highly correlated with their ability to solve _________ problems.
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novel
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Investigators detected a tendency for those who excelled in one of Thurstone's seven primary mental abilities to also demonstrate high levels of competence in other abilities. This provided some evidence of
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general intelligence
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The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is
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a diverse set of distinct abilities
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Howard Garner identified a total of ________________ intelligences.
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eight
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Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and _______________ intelligence
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creative
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Emotional intelligence is a critical component of
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social intelligence
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One component of emotional intelligence involves
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predicting accurately when feelings are about to change
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The concept of emotional intelligence is most likely to be criticized for
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extending the definition of intelligence to an overly broad range of skills
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In very stressful or embarrassing situations, Sanura is able mot maintain her poise and help others to feel comfortable. Sanura's ability best illustrates the value of
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emotional intelligence
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The lower region of the _______ lobe is a center for processing mathematical and spatial information.
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parietal
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High intelligence scores have been linked with high concentrations of gray matter in certain regions of the frontal lobe. The gray matter refers to the __________ of neurons.
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cell bodies
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Brain size (adjusted for body size) is ________ correlated with intelligence. The speed of taking in perceptual information is ___________ correlated with intelligence.
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positively; positively
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Precious 12 to 14 year old college students with unusually high levels of verbal intelligence are most likely to
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retrieve information from memory at an unusually rapid speed
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Hereditary Genius is the title of a book authored by
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Francis Galton
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The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that
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superior intelligence is biologically inherited
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Binet and Simon designed a test of intellectual abilities in order to
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identify children likely to have difficulty learning in regular school classes
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Binet used the term mental age to refer to
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the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of intelligence test performance
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Lewis Terman's widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test was the
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Stanford-Binet
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A 12-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of
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75
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Achievement tests are designed to
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assess learned knowledge or skills
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Tests designed to predict ability to learn new skills are called
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aptitude tests
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A test of your capacity to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) ___________ test
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aptitude
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The WAIS was designed for testing ___________ intelligence, whereas the WISC was designed for testing __________ intelligence
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adults'; children's
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If a test is standardized, this means that
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a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group
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A bell-shaped curve that characterizes a large sample of intelligence test scores is a graphic representation of a
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normal distribution
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People's scores on the general intelligence factor are most highly correlated with their ability to solve ________ problems.
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novel
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Who is most likely to be criticized for extending the definition of intelligence to an overly broad range of talents?
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Howard Garner
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Postmortem brain analyses reveal that highly educated people have _________ when they die than do their less educated counterparts.
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Emotional intelligence
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Research on intelligence and brain anatomy indicates that highly intelligent children demonstrate __________ than their less intelligent counterparts
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More synapses
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In developing a test of intellectual ability for Parisian schoolchildren, Binet and Simon assumed that
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Greater neural plasticity
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The original IQ formula would be LEAST appropriate for representing that intelligence test performance of
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A bright child would perform like a normal child of an older age
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The written exam for a driver's license would most likely be considered a(n) ________ test
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a
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The distribution of intelligence test scores in the general population forms a bell-shaped pattern. This pattern is called a
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a
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Comparing the average performance of the initial WAIS standardization sample with the average performance of the most recent WAIS standardization sample provides convincing evidence of
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d
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Researchers assess the correlation between scores obtained on two halves of a single test in order to measure the _________ of a test.
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c
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A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to is said to have a high degree of
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b
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After learning about his low score on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Gunter complained "I don't believe that test is a measure of intelligence at all." Gunter's statement is equivalent to saying that the WAIS lacks
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a
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The best predictor that infants will develop high levels of intellectual aptitude is their
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c
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The high positive correlations between scores received on comparable sections of the SAT and GRE provide evidence for the ____________ of these test scores.
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c
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Research has indicated that seventh and eighth graders who outscored most high school seniors on a college aptitude test had begun __________ at an unusually early age.
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a
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Educational programs for gifted children are most likely to be criticized for
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d
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The similarity between the intelligence test scores of identical twins raised apart is
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c
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Which of the following observations provides the best evidence that intelligence test scores are influenced by environment?
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d
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The heritability of intelligence is greatest among
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a
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The "Mozart effect" refers to the now-discounted finding that cognitive ability is boosted by
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c
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Exposure to high levels of male sex hormones during prenatal development is likely to facilitate the subsequent development of
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d
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Sweden and Iceland exhibit little of the gender gap in mathematical abilities found in Turkey and Korea. This best illustrates that mental abilities are
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c
