Exam 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Today, IQ scores for adults are calculated by comparing a person's score with the average score of people who are the same age. This was proposed by __________

Most of the concepts we form are formal concepts.

According to Terrace, primates like his Nim Chimpsky, were displaying human-like language.

In order to be legally classified as suffering from a learning disability, a child must be assessed as functioning at a level that is _____ year(s) behind his or her same-aged peers.

According to the original IQ formula, a 40-yr-old with the same IQ score as the average 20-year-old would be considered mentally retarded.

In 1969, a psychologist named Arthur Jensen claimed the difference in scores on IQ tests between African Americans and White Americans was due to __________

What is the concept of artificial intelligence?

Which classification of mental retardation affects most of the population classified in this fashion?

Which of these is one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences?

Bertrand is from New Zealand. For him, the most familiar birds are zebra finches and kiwis. Averill is from Alaska. For her, the most familiar birds are eagles and partridges. For each, these birds would be most adequately considered __________

Which of the following is NOT one of four basic stages in the creative problem-solving process?

A test that has been designed to predict a person's probable future achievements or performance is known as __________

The rule in English that adjectives usually come before nouns is part of __________

Terman's study of gifted children over a long period of their lives clearly demonstrated that the gifted were lacking in social skills, had poor health, and were generally unhappy.

Sally is enrolled in a high school geometry course, which she describes as "drawing figures and figuring drawings." In a typical class, students draw geometric figures and use a formula to calculate an aspect of the figure such as its area. Each time Sally uses a formula she is making use of what psychologists call __________

What are the three parts of Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

Dallas is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 10 years. His IQ would be __________

Which example would most people take longest to identify as a fruit (even though it technically is a fruit)?

The ability to produce solutions to problems that are unusual, inventive, novel, and appropriate is called __________

Which of the following statements about heredity and intelligence is TRUE?