Exam 10: Intelligence

Tests that contain novel problems that measure a person's potential for future learning and performance are called ______________ tests.

You have a meeting with three other researchers for the purpose of deciding how to operationalize (i.e. measure) happiness. You are unsure what the best approach is but the other three people each have very strong, and differing, opinions. The second researcher emphasizes the importance of coming as close as possible to capturing the full range of potentially relevant aspects of happiness. They suggest this would be best accomplished with a survey.

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.

According to Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence, the components that are used to plan and regulate task processes are called

What three classes of psychological processes and forms of intelligence are found in Sternberg's triarchic theory?

Rasha has always been considered quick and clever by those around her. She is usually the first to see a solution when faced with a novel problem, and her ideas tend to be unusual and creative. Rasha probably has high

"On what continent is Italy?" is the type of question one would be asked on the __________ subtest of the WAIS-IV.

Which of the following is NOT one of Sternberg's fundamental mental skills that are required for successful behaviour in any culture?

According to Carroll's model, our ability to remember past experiences is a _________

According to Carroll's model, our ability to step on the brake pedal when we see a red light is a _________

Differentiate between the psychometric and cognitive psychology approaches to intelligence.

In developing his tests of intelligence, Alfred Binet assumed that the rate at which mental competence is gained is characteristic of the person and is fairly constant over time.

Even though they are good predictors of performance in similar situations, one of the arguments against this type of test is that it makes the assumption that everyone has had the same chance to learn the material being tested. This is a(n) _________________ test.

Jennifer is doing a test that involves solving a number of complex puzzles that she has not seen before. There are no questions that refer directly to previously learned material. She is most likely completing __________

One of the first group intelligence tests developed was the Army Alpha by ___________.

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

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the components of Mayer and Salovey's views of emotional intelligence?

Dr. Tavorian is developing a new intelligence theory. He believes that intelligence consists of several different facets, but he doesn't know how many. He gives his subjects a variety of tests that measure different mental skills. To figure out which tests are tapping the same aspects of intelligence, he should use

The ability of the brain to change by forming new connections among neurons in response to environmental input is called brain __________.

Alfred Binet became interested in the intelligence testing as a result of his position in the French _________.