Exam 10: Intelligence

You have just designed a new test of intelligence, but apparently it suffers from predictive bias. Which of the following would lead you to this conclusion?

Upon developing a test about the federal government, you make sure to include questions about all levels and responsibilities making the test high in ___________.

A critic of Howard Gardner's approach to intelligence would be most likely to question the validity of __________________ intelligence.

In theory, aptitude tests depend less on prior learning and more accurately measure a person's ability to react to problems presented in a test, in contrast to ____________ tests.

The Sternberg Triarchic Ability Test (STAT) measures the _______ intelligence.

Standardization, the g factor, and fluid intelligence are psychometric concepts, whereas analytic intelligence, performance components, and creative intelligence are ________________.

Which of the following theories is most closely related to Spearman's "g" factor theory?

Intelligence is the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and reason effectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment.

What kinds of evidence gave rise to the g factor and specific mental abilities conceptions of intelligence?

In a study done in Scotland, higher childhood intelligence was associated with greater survival to age 76 in ____________, but the results were particularly striking for _____.

In Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, which type of intelligence involves the kinds of academically oriented problem-solving skills measured by traditional intelligence tests?

Which of the following explores the specific information-processing and cognitive processes that underlie intellectual ability?

Let's say that you designed an intelligence test over 30 years ago and normed it to a mean of 100. However, you note that the mean today is about 130 and, consequently, you need to recalibrate. Your test is reflecting

The mental age of 6 means

Kraus and Chandrasekaran's research on the effects of musical training found that early musical training results superior processing of all of the following EXCEPT

An athletic trainer gives five different tests of athleticism to a group of athletes: upper-body weight lifting, lower-body weight lifting, push-ups, sit-ups, and pull-ups. A factor analysis reveals that performance on these tests are all highly correlated with each other and cluster onto one factor. We can conclude that the ___________.

Phillips studied the families of African American and Caucasian children and proposed that 66 percent of the mean IQ score differences between these two ethnic groups may be accounted for by _____________ factors.

Today's IQ scores are based on a person's performance relative to the scores of other people of the same age, with a score of ___________ corresponding to the average performance of that age group.

Deprived children who remain in their impoverished environments ______.

Results from electrophysiological studies that have obtained modest correlations between IQ and the speed of the brain's electrical response, suggest that IQ may be related to