Exam 8: Language, thinking, and Intelligence

You have just taken an intelligence test where you were asked to,among other things,recall a string of numbers,locate the missing parts in pictures,and assemble jigsaw puzzles.You have probably just taken the ____.

Which of the following tests has the least content validity?

Reza needed to unscrew a nut to replace batteries in her camera but she did not have a screwdriver.Instead she used the edge of her credit card to unscrew the nut.In solving this problem,Reza did not fall victim to ____.

Gender differences in math abilities appear to be ____.

Who proposed that some members of stigmatized racial and ethnic groups respond to negative ethnic stereotypes and discrimination by developing an oppositional ethnic identity and cultural frame of reference that defensively opposes the rejecting dominant culture?

Why do children use the past tense verbs incorrectly (i.e. ,"Mom goed to work" or "I rided my bike")?

Which of the following possibly accounts for the performance improvement in IQ tests from one generation to the next?

Explain why language might have evolved for social and cognitive reasons.

If your test-retest reliability study resulted in a correlation of +.91,you would probably conclude that ____.

Which of the following best supports the position that gender socialization is responsible for the differences in verbal ability between females and males?

The bulk of artificial intelligence research has emphasized the study of ____,with considerably less time devoted to ____.

Why has the deviation IQ replaced the ratio IQ in the scoring of the Stanford-Binet?

Eighteen-month-old Jenny uses the word wawa whenever she is thirsty.She uses this not only for water,but also for milk,juice,and any other liquid.What is this type of word usage known as?

Like the heart that pumps life-giving blood throughout the body,or the lungs that replenish oxygen to this blood,the general scientific consensus is that humans could not survive without engaging in ____.

In Wechsler tests,what could a verbal score considerably lower than a performance score indicate?

The oral expression of language is known as ____.

At what stage does babbling take on a culture-specific sound?

Why did Charles Spearman develop factor analysis?

What was Binet's original intention when he began to develop his measure of intelligence?

Approximately ____ percent of mental retardation cases cannot be linked to any organic cause.