Exam 11: Intelligence

With whom do you associate the triarchic theory of intelligence?

Experts who defend intelligence tests against accusations of racial bias note that racial differences in intelligence test scores

Compared with North American students,Asian students perform

The belief that intelligence is changeable facilitates

Mary's bathroom scale always overstates people's actual weight by exactly six pounds.The scale has ________ reliability and ________ validity.

Research suggests that girls are more skilled than boys at

Lewis Terman's widely used American revision of Binet's original intelligence test was the

Children of different age groups were asked to complete the WISC so that researchers could compare the performance of younger and older children.The procedure used in this research best illustrates

Academic aptitude test scores are MOST likely to predict accurately the academic success of ________ students.

You have been hired by a large public school system to construct a musical aptitude test.Describe how you would standardize your test and assess its reliability and validity.Explain why it might be more difficult to develop a valid musical aptitude test than a reliable one.

K.Anders Ericsson reports a 10-year rule for expert performance that highlights the importance of

Different age groups are tested at the same time in a(n)

The intelligence scores of adopted children are LEAST likely to be positively correlated with the scores of their adoptive siblings during

Which psychologist most strongly emphasized that those who score above average on tests of spatial ability typically also score above average on tests of verbal or reasoning ability?

The eugenics movement would have been most likely to encourage

The same people are tested and retested over a period of years in a(n)

The extent to which differences in intelligence among a group of people are attributable to genetic factors is known as the ________ of intelligence.

Sweden and Iceland exhibit little of the gender gap in mathematical abilities found in Turkey and Korea.This best illustrates that mental abilities are

Which procedure is used to identify the different dimensions of performance that underlie people's intelligence scores?

The test that provides separate verbal comprehension,perceptual organization,working memory,and processing speed scores,as well as an overall intelligence score,is the