Exam 10: Intelligence

Four friends with the same high IQs see each other at a 15-year class reunion.They are likely to still have a number of things in common,since intelligence is correlated with all of the following except

Ted was bored by school,so his grades were poor throughout primary and secondary school.He eventually dropped out and started a business rebuilding classic cars with modern engines.Ted's business is very successful,and he loves what he does.Is Ted intelligent?

Alfred Binet was commissioned to develop the first true intelligence test.The test was intended to be used to

Siblings Jamison and Marina both graduated from an exclusive private high school.Marina works hard to complete her college degree and eventually wins a prestigious apprenticeship with a leading business guru.She later starts her own business and attains significant financial success.Jamison,by contrast,drops out of college after the first year and subsequently drifts from one odd job to the next,getting fired more often than not.When his sister offers to help him build a business that could partner with his own,he says he isn't interested in doing the work involved.Interestingly,Jamison has a higher IQ than Marina.Why is she more successful?

Clark has been having trouble in school,so Dr.Hunter,the school psychologist,gives him a series of tests.When he has finished,Dr.Hunter tells Clark's parents that his IQ is average.He says that Clark probably just needs to study harder to improve his grades.Clark's parents are frustrated,because they have no more tools to help Clark than they had prior to testing.Rather than this traditional _____________ approach to testing,they probably would have preferred if a _____________ approach had been used,so Clark could have received guided feedback to help him improve his scores.

Sovann enjoys mathematics and statistical analyses so much that she has considered becoming a statistician.When she learns about psychological testing,however,she is intrigued by the idea of describing how people differ from one another using mathematical quantifications.Sovann might enjoy working in

The first intelligence quotients were produced by comparing children's mental ages with the mental ages of their same-age peers.This means that if a seven-year-old child was performing as if she were a six-year-old,her IQ would be

People with undiagnosed learning disabilities,or those who have not learned to accommodate,do not,by definition,perform as well on tests as their IQs suggest they should.Unfortunately,many people view achievement tests as if they were aptitude tests,and therefore assume that people with learning disabilities are less intelligent than they really are.This underestimation is called an

Martin is a very successful trial attorney.He rarely loses a case,because he is so good at convincing the jury to see them from his point of view.He is also active in his community and makes speeches to various groups to persuade them to support the causes in which he believes.His friends joke that he can charm anyone with his silver tongue and that he should run for political office.Martin probably has

In 1994,Herrnstein and Murray wrote a book called The Bell Curve,which stated that some ethnic groups are genetically inferior in terms of intelligence.They based this conclusion on the low average intelligence scores of particular groups.The book sparked considerable controversy and is still hotly debated.Those who argue that the book is racist and its conclusions false say that the differences among racial groups' IQ scores are due to

Albert Einstein's brain was smaller than average,but some parts had extremely dense neural networks.One theory suggests that the ability to establish new neural networks increases processing speed and efficiency and therefore intellectual skills.In other words,individual differences in _______________________ may be key.

If you chart the IQ scores of every living Canadian,the statistical distribution will look like a

Clint recently began school and he is having trouble with reading,writing,memory,and mathematical computation.He isn't very good at reasoning,planning,and evaluating feedback from others,and he needs others to help him solve problems.His family has him tested for mental disabilities,and the school psychologist reports that Clint's IQ is 61.This means that Clint is

One theorist argues against a single g factor and suggests that we focus instead on the abilities that are most adaptive in the culture being observed,whether they are book smarts,musical smarts,or sports smarts.In other words,this concept of intelligence includes not only mental competencies but also adaptive abilities.This theory is called the

Laoghaire and Ryu are research assistants in a developmental psychology laboratory.They are to watch several hours' worth of video footage and code the various interactions.Laoghaire codes tapes 1 to 25 while Ryu codes tapes 26 to 50.When they are finished,they switch tapes so that Laoghaire can code tapes 26 to 50 and Ryu can code tapes 1 to 25.Neither is allowed to see how the other is coding until all the tapes have been coded by both of them.If Laoghaire and Ryu code in a similar fashion,the coding measurement will have

One cognitive-processing theorist suggests that researchers should examine not only the processes involved in intelligent behaviour but also the forms intelligence can take.The theory refers to people who emphasize framing problems and developing strategies as intelligent because they are adept at adaptive problem solving.This approach is called the

Mr.Gannon tells his class that he is going to give them an intelligence test.The test,he says,is only a page long and will accurately tell him whether or not each student has a high IQ.When Moira receives her copy of the test,she sees that the questions include items like "Mr.Gannon is the best teacher I've ever had" and "I tell my parents what a good job Mr.Gannon does when he is teaching me." Clearly,Moira thinks,this test has little

Dr.Stuart tells his students that academic success does not guarantee success in life.In fact,according to Sternberg's theory,there are three types of intelligence and schools tend to focus on the _______________ type and ignore the other two.

Monica recently completed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III)and was told that her IQ falls at the mean of the distribution of IQ scores.This means that

Spence just received his IQ report,and his Full-Scale IQ is 110.The tester tells him that his score must be considered in context;that is,his IQ is a comparison of his score to the scores of