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According to the psychometric approach to intelligence, intelligence

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is made up of traits that vary and can be measured.

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When discussing intelligence, David says, "I subscribe to a psychometric approach on that topic." This means that David would most likely

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describe a person in terms of measurable traits he or she possesses.

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The two-factor model argues that intelligence is highly influenced by a factor simply designated as "g." What does "g" stand for?

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General mental ability

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Which pair is best associated with concepts of fluid intelligence?

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Cattell and Horn

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Fluid intelligence is usually

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not taught and emphasizes using the mind in new ways.

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Dominique is shown a series of triangles of different sizes and colors and is asked to guess what the next triangle in the series might look like. The use of this novel task indicates that the person testing Dominique is most likely assessing _____ intelligence.

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fluid

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The average level of age-graded problems a person can solve is used to determine the person's

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mental age.

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On a normal distribution of IQ test scores, the average score would be

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100

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If the scores from an intelligence test are normally distributed, then you would predict that the FEWEST number of people would receive an IQ score of _____ on that test.

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70

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If the scores from an intelligence test are normally distributed, then you would predict that the largest number of people would receive an IQ score of _____ on that test.

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100

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The STAT test

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includes an essay.

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Given that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution was based on Darwin's extremely insightful observation of animals, it is likely that Gardner would have viewed Darwin as having exceptionally high _____ intelligence.

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naturalistic

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His steady hands make Dr. Greene a top-notch surgeon. Given this information, Dr.Greene would appear to have a high level of _____ intelligence.

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bodily-kinesthetic

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Cleopatra has an outstanding sense of her own feelings. This ability is best associated with Gardner's _____ type of intelligence.

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intrapersonal

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Browning's latest book of poems is being hailed as a "triumph in the use of the written word." This indicates that Browning most likely possesses high levels of _____ intelligence.

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linguistic

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Moesha grew up in a society in which women were supposed to always begin a conversation with a man. While traveling in a foreign nation, Moesha learns that in this culture, a woman who begins a conversation with a man is considered stupid. This cultural distinction in the definition of intelligence illustrates what Sternberg called the _____ component of intelligence.

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practical

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Sternberg would argue that an individual who is outstanding at filtering out irrelevant from relevant information excels on the _____ component of intelligence.

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analytic

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The production of ideas that are original and meaningful are both defining characteristics of

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creativity.

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Divergent thinking is to convergent thinking as

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a variety of answers are to one answer.

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Ideational fluency refers to one's ability to

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generate many interesting, novel ideas.

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Who is demonstrating a high level of ideation fluency?

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Drew, who quickly generated a list of 20 novel uses for marshmallows

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How did Sternberg include the notion of confluence into his theory?

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He believed that several factors combined to create intelligence.

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Luther is developing a test of intelligence. He believes that in order to accurately generate an intelligence test score, he must assess a multitude of factors that will be added together to form the "product" called intellect. This belief indicates that Luther is a strong proponent of

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confluence.

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The major focus of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development is to assess intelligence by measuring

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the rate at which infants achieve developmental milestones.

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Otis has just been told that his son Goober is going to be assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. As a knowledgeable psychologist, Otis would know that this test will assess Goober's

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motor skills (e.g., ability to grasp and throw a ball).

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Searching for a hidden toy is part of the assessment of _____ scale on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development.

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mental

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If you want to predict later intelligence using some infant measure, which of the following measures would be best to use with the infants?

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Speed of habituation scores

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An intelligent infant is best characterized as one whom

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gets bored quickly with familiar information and seeks out novel information.

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Which statement best summarizes the pattern of IQ-score change in childhood?

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Overall age group stability but large individual variation

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Some children show a lowering of their IQ during their school years. Which factor seems to be the most common cause of this decline?

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Living in impoverished environments

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Children from impoverished environments may show progressively lower IQ scores over time, a phenomenon called

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cumulative-deficit hypothesis.

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Long-term research on children who were in Project Head Start indicates that

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participation in such programs may reduce the likelihood of teenage pregnancy.

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Research has shown that children who participate in early intervention programs

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show immediate gains in IQ, but the gains fade after the programs end.

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The typical pattern of creativity in childhood is

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high in preschool, lower in first grade, even lower in fourth grade, and higher by age 12.

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Which of the following is true of creative children?

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They engage in more fantasy or pretend play than other children.

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Many early studies suggested that childhood _____ was the driving force behind the development of creativity.

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adversity

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What physiological event has been associated with the acquisition of Piaget's formal operation stage of thinking?

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A spurt in brain development

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IQ scores obtained during adolescence are best at predicting

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a person's high school grades.

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On average, _____ tend to have the highest IQs.

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technical workers

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A large-scale study on intelligence, income, and occupational prestige by Judge, Klinger, and Simon (2010) found that

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general intelligence was significantly related to both income and occupational prestige.

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Schaie's sequential study of stability of intellectual abilities showed that

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both cohort and age affect intellectual performance.

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Which of the following can we conclude about intellectual functioning across the lifespan?

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The speed with which someone processes information is related to intellectual performance.

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Terminal drop is best associated with

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poor health.

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Research would predict that _____ would show the largest intellectual declines in the coming years.

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69-year-old May, who lives alone and is socially inactive,

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A study on the development of wisdom in young and elderly women by Staudinger, Smith, and Baltes (2001) found that

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expertise is a better predictor of wisdom than age.

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The fact that the brain can be restructured in response to training exemplifies the concept of

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neuroplacticity.

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Concerning creativity, ideation is to elaboration as

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generating is to executing.

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The fact that adults born in the 1980s have higher adult IQs than adults born in the 1950s illustrates the _____ effect.

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Flynn

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Which "home environment" factor seems to be most important for the intellectual development of a child?

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Parental involvement with the child

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Which best describes the impact of genetics and environment on a child's IQ?

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At age two, maternal IQ best predicts the IQ of a child; by age four, the impact of the quality of the home environment becomes as good a predictor as maternal IQ.

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Child poverty involves

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both low family income and a lack of meeting a child's needs.

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The fact that IQ tests are more appropriate for Caucasian middle-class children than low-income African-American children provide an example of a(n) _____ bias in testing.

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cultural

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What has been shown to increase the IQ scores of disadvantaged children from minority racial and ethnic groups?

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Telling the child that the exam was not going to be scored

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Research on genetics and intelligence test scores has shown that

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genetic factors can help partially explain between-group variation but not within-group variation.

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Which environmental change is most likely to positively impact an African-American child's IQ score?

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Exposing them to a "culture of tests and the school"

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A _____ disabled child will show major delays in all areas of development.

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profoundly

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Organic retardation is the term given to retardation caused by

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heredity, disease, or injury.

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Which statement about the classification of intellectual disabilities is true?

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Children with intellectual disabilities often have associated impairments like cerebral palsy or a sensory disorder.

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Results from the Camberwell Cohort study indicated that for adults diagnosed with intellectual disabilities in early life, the

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overall quality of their lives was lower than that of non-impaired peers.

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Which best described the average of Terman's "Termites" when they reached adulthood?

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Healthy, happy, productive

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