Question 1

As a teenager and university student,Jean Piaget's formal training was primarily in what fields?

Accepted Answer

A)  philosophy and mathematics 
B)  natural science and the biology of mollusks 
C)  psychology and history 
D)  politics and law 
A)  philosophy and mathematics 
B)  natural science and the biology of mollusks 
C)  psychology and history 
D)  politics and law

Question 2

After observing and comparing the behavior and test responses of his two daughters,Alfred Binet characterized them as the

Accepted Answer

A)  "observer" and the "imaginer." 
B)  "scientist" and the "artist." 
C)  "introvert" and the "extrovert." 
D)  "thinker" and the "feeler." 
A)  "observer" and the "imaginer." 
B)  "scientist" and the "artist." 
C)  "introvert" and the "extrovert." 
D)  "thinker" and the "feeler."

Question 3

Match the definition to the term.
-Flynn effect

Accepted Answer

A) concept that describes the difference between what a person is intellectually ca-pable of on his or her own and what is possible with the mild guidance from someone who is more capable 
B) four major sequential steps between infancy and late adolescence,each one in-volving the acquisition of new strategies and ways of thinking that permit the so-lution of previously unsolvable problems 
C) term for three ways of conceptualizing,or mentally representing,material being taught which parallel the Piagetian stages of cognitive development 
D) the observation that over the past century,as new revisions of intelligence tests have been developed,subjects have been getting "smarter" (as measured by aver-age performance on intelligence test items)at an impressively steady rate 
E) theory that the performance of all intellectual tasks requires both a single common factor,called general intelligence (g),and a second,specific factor (s)which is unique to the task 
A) concept that describes the difference between what a person is intellectually ca-pable of on his or her own and what is possible with the mild guidance from someone who is more capable 
B) four major sequential steps between infancy and late adolescence,each one in-volving the acquisition of new strategies and ways of thinking that permit the so-lution of previously unsolvable problems 
C) term for three ways of conceptualizing,or mentally representing,material being taught which parallel the Piagetian stages of cognitive development 
D) the observation that over the past century,as new revisions of intelligence tests have been developed,subjects have been getting "smarter" (as measured by aver-age performance on intelligence test items)at an impressively steady rate 
E) theory that the performance of all intellectual tasks requires both a single common factor,called general intelligence (g),and a second,specific factor (s)which is unique to the task

Question 4

Define mental orthopedics.

Accepted Answer

Mental orthopedics are a program of ment

Question 5

Match the research with the researcher(s).
-Catherine Cox and Lewis Terman

Accepted Answer

A) a study of the lineage of the Kallikak family 
B) an analysis of the childhood biographies of eminent historical geniuses,which led to the argument that had intelligence tests been given at the time these intellectually prominent figures would have achieved high IQ scores as children 
C) the first serious studies of the preoperational stage of development 
D) the study of adult intelligence and the creation of an intelligence test for adults 
A) a study of the lineage of the Kallikak family 
B) an analysis of the childhood biographies of eminent historical geniuses,which led to the argument that had intelligence tests been given at the time these intellectually prominent figures would have achieved high IQ scores as children 
C) the first serious studies of the preoperational stage of development 
D) the study of adult intelligence and the creation of an intelligence test for adults

Question 6

Which philosophical approach profoundly affected young Piaget?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mill's associationism 
B)  Spinoza's pantheism 
C)  Bergson's creative evolution 
D)  Kant's idealism 
A)  Mill's associationism 
B)  Spinoza's pantheism 
C)  Bergson's creative evolution 
D)  Kant's idealism

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT true about the grown-up population of gifted children identified by Lewis Terman in the 1920?

Accepted Answer

A)  a significant proportion of them became prominent in the creative arts 
B)  a significant proportion of them became prominent in the professions 
C)  they led healthier lives than the national average 
D)  they attained more educational credentials than the national average 
A)  a significant proportion of them became prominent in the creative arts 
B)  a significant proportion of them became prominent in the professions 
C)  they led healthier lives than the national average 
D)  they attained more educational credentials than the national average

Question 8

The idea of summarizing the result of children's intelligence test results by a "quotient," the ratio of mental age to chronological age,was first proposed by whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Stern 
B)  Lewis Terman 
C)  Theodore Simon 
D)  Charles Spearman 
A)  William Stern 
B)  Lewis Terman 
C)  Theodore Simon 
D)  Charles Spearman

Question 9

Match the definition to the term.
-two-factor theory of intelligence

Accepted Answer

A) concept that describes the difference between what a person is intellectually ca-pable of on his or her own and what is possible with the mild guidance from someone who is more capable 
B) four major sequential steps between infancy and late adolescence,each one in-volving the acquisition of new strategies and ways of thinking that permit the so-lution of previously unsolvable problems 
C) term for three ways of conceptualizing,or mentally representing,material being taught which parallel the Piagetian stages of cognitive development 
D) the observation that over the past century,as new revisions of intelligence tests have been developed,subjects have been getting "smarter" (as measured by aver-age performance on intelligence test items)at an impressively steady rate 
E) theory that the performance of all intellectual tasks requires both a single common factor,called general intelligence (g),and a second,specific factor (s)which is unique to the task 
A) concept that describes the difference between what a person is intellectually ca-pable of on his or her own and what is possible with the mild guidance from someone who is more capable 
B) four major sequential steps between infancy and late adolescence,each one in-volving the acquisition of new strategies and ways of thinking that permit the so-lution of previously unsolvable problems 
C) term for three ways of conceptualizing,or mentally representing,material being taught which parallel the Piagetian stages of cognitive development 
D) the observation that over the past century,as new revisions of intelligence tests have been developed,subjects have been getting "smarter" (as measured by aver-age performance on intelligence test items)at an impressively steady rate 
E) theory that the performance of all intellectual tasks requires both a single common factor,called general intelligence (g),and a second,specific factor (s)which is unique to the task

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT true about a deviation IQ?

Accepted Answer

A)  It expresses an average IQ for all age groups as 100. 
B)  It is appropriate for adults as well as for children. 
C)  It was intended predict deviant behavior in both adults and children. 
D)  It is based on a person's standing on a normal distribution of scores for people of a similar age. 
A)  It expresses an average IQ for all age groups as 100. 
B)  It is appropriate for adults as well as for children. 
C)  It was intended predict deviant behavior in both adults and children. 
D)  It is based on a person's standing on a normal distribution of scores for people of a similar age.

Question 11

Match the idea with the individual.
-Charles Spearman

Accepted Answer

A) genetic epistemology 
B) mental orthopedics 
C) modes of representation 
D) two-factor theory of intelligence 
E) zone of proximal development (ZP
D)  
A) genetic epistemology 
B) mental orthopedics 
C) modes of representation 
D) two-factor theory of intelligence 
E) zone of proximal development (ZP
D)

Question 12

Match the definition to the term.
-intellectual level

Accepted Answer

A) a mathematical formula developed by Stern to summarize the results of a Binet-type intelligence test and consisting of the ratio of mental age to chronological age 
B) Spearman's concept of a single common factor of generalized mental "power," applicable in some degree to all intellectual tasks 
C) term for the single score result children received on Binet and Simon's intelli-gence tests 
D) Terman's revision to Stern's intelligence quotient,which multiplied the fraction by 100 to eliminate decimals 
E) the calculation of intelligence quotients so that they are indications of where sub-jects stand on normal distributions of previous results from people of their own age 
A) a mathematical formula developed by Stern to summarize the results of a Binet-type intelligence test and consisting of the ratio of mental age to chronological age 
B) Spearman's concept of a single common factor of generalized mental "power," applicable in some degree to all intellectual tasks 
C) term for the single score result children received on Binet and Simon's intelli-gence tests 
D) Terman's revision to Stern's intelligence quotient,which multiplied the fraction by 100 to eliminate decimals 
E) the calculation of intelligence quotients so that they are indications of where sub-jects stand on normal distributions of previous results from people of their own age

Question 13

Explain the Flynn Effect.

Accepted Answer

The Flynn Effect is the observation that

Question 14

Match the definition to the term.
-giftedness

Accepted Answer

A) a child's actual age 
B) at one time a common term for intellectual subnormality 
C) defined by Terman as the intelligence level of children whose IQs were higher than 140 
D) Stern's term for the age or intellectual level at which a child tested on an intelli-gence test 
A) a child's actual age 
B) at one time a common term for intellectual subnormality 
C) defined by Terman as the intelligence level of children whose IQs were higher than 140 
D) Stern's term for the age or intellectual level at which a child tested on an intelli-gence test

Question 15

Binet's work on "Individual Psychology" with Victor Henri finally led him to conclude which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Projective tests" showed great promise for personality research. 
B)  The main components of someone's personality could be captured with five or six basic measures. 
C)  There is no substitute for extended and detailed case studies in understanding individuality. 
D)  Situations were more important than pre-existing traits in determining a person's behavior. 
A)  "Projective tests" showed great promise for personality research. 
B)  The main components of someone's personality could be captured with five or six basic measures. 
C)  There is no substitute for extended and detailed case studies in understanding individuality. 
D)  Situations were more important than pre-existing traits in determining a person's behavior.

Question 16

According to Piaget's theory,a child in the __________ stage of intelligence lacks the ability to solve problems involving __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  concretely operational; conservation of volume 
B)  preoperational; object constancy 
C)  formally operational; chemical combinations 
D)  sensory-motor; conservation of quantity 
A)  concretely operational; conservation of volume 
B)  preoperational; object constancy 
C)  formally operational; chemical combinations 
D)  sensory-motor; conservation of quantity

Question 17

Match the definition to the term.
-projective test

Accepted Answer

A) a program of mental exercises developed by Binet to increase intellectual levels in children 
B) a program to develop a series of short tests that would produce information about a person comparable in richness,complexity,and comprehensiveness to that ob-tained through an in-depth case study 
C) tests in which the individuals are shown ambiguous stimuli (such as inkblots,pic-tures,or objects)and asked to report what they see in or think about them 
D) the term for Piaget's project to study the development of children's ways of knowing about the world 
A) a program of mental exercises developed by Binet to increase intellectual levels in children 
B) a program to develop a series of short tests that would produce information about a person comparable in richness,complexity,and comprehensiveness to that ob-tained through an in-depth case study 
C) tests in which the individuals are shown ambiguous stimuli (such as inkblots,pic-tures,or objects)and asked to report what they see in or think about them 
D) the term for Piaget's project to study the development of children's ways of knowing about the world

Question 18

Match the idea with the individual.
-Jean Piaget

Accepted Answer

A) genetic epistemology 
B) mental orthopedics 
C) modes of representation 
D) two-factor theory of intelligence 
E) zone of proximal development (ZP
D)  
A) genetic epistemology 
B) mental orthopedics 
C) modes of representation 
D) two-factor theory of intelligence 
E) zone of proximal development (ZP
D)

Question 19

Match the publication with its author.
-Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder

Accepted Answer

A) Genetic Studies of Genius 
B) L'Étude Experimentale de l'Intelligence (The Experimental Study of Intelligence) 
C) The Child's Construction of Quantities: Conservation and Atomism 
D) The Kallikak Family 
A) Genetic Studies of Genius 
B) L'Étude Experimentale de l'Intelligence (The Experimental Study of Intelligence) 
C) The Child's Construction of Quantities: Conservation and Atomism 
D) The Kallikak Family

Question 20

Match the idea with the individual.
-Alfred Binet

Accepted Answer

A) genetic epistemology 
B) mental orthopedics 
C) modes of representation 
D) two-factor theory of intelligence 
E) zone of proximal development (ZP
D)  
A) genetic epistemology 
B) mental orthopedics 
C) modes of representation 
D) two-factor theory of intelligence 
E) zone of proximal development (ZP
D)

As a teenager and university student,Jean Piaget's formal training was primarily in what fields?

After observing and comparing the behavior and test responses of his two daughters,Alfred Binet characterized them as the

Match the definition to the term. -Flynn effect

Define mental orthopedics.

Match the research with the researcher(s). -Catherine Cox and Lewis Terman

Which philosophical approach profoundly affected young Piaget?

Which of the following was NOT true about the grown-up population of gifted children identified by Lewis Terman in the 1920?

The idea of summarizing the result of children's intelligence test results by a "quotient," the ratio of mental age to chronological age,was first proposed by whom?

Match the definition to the term. -two-factor theory of intelligence

Which of the following is NOT true about a deviation IQ?

Match the idea with the individual. -Charles Spearman

Match the definition to the term. -intellectual level

Explain the Flynn Effect.

Match the definition to the term. -giftedness

Binet's work on "Individual Psychology" with Victor Henri finally led him to conclude which of the following?

According to Piaget's theory,a child in the stage of intelligence lacks the ability to solve problems involving .

Match the definition to the term. -projective test

Match the idea with the individual. -Jean Piaget

Match the publication with its author. -Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder

Match the idea with the individual. -Alfred Binet

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

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Exam 14: The Developing Mind: Binet, Piaget, and the Study of Intelligence

As a teenager and university student,Jean Piaget's formal training was primarily in what fields?

After observing and comparing the behavior and test responses of his two daughters,Alfred Binet characterized them as the

Match the definition to the term. -Flynn effect

Define mental orthopedics.

Match the research with the researcher(s). -Catherine Cox and Lewis Terman

Which philosophical approach profoundly affected young Piaget?

Which of the following was NOT true about the grown-up population of gifted children identified by Lewis Terman in the 1920?

The idea of summarizing the result of children's intelligence test results by a "quotient," the ratio of mental age to chronological age,was first proposed by whom?

Match the definition to the term. -two-factor theory of intelligence

Which of the following is NOT true about a deviation IQ?

Match the idea with the individual. -Charles Spearman

Match the definition to the term. -intellectual level

Explain the Flynn Effect.

Match the definition to the term. -giftedness

Binet's work on "Individual Psychology" with Victor Henri finally led him to conclude which of the following?

According to Piaget's theory,a child in the __________ stage of intelligence lacks the ability to solve problems involving __________.

Match the definition to the term. -projective test

Match the idea with the individual. -Jean Piaget

Match the publication with its author. -Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder

Match the idea with the individual. -Alfred Binet

Introduction: Studying the History of Psychology

Foundational Ideas from Antiquity

Pioneering Philosophers of Mind: Descartes, Locke, and Leibniz

Physiologists of Mind: Brain Scientists from Gall to Penfield

The Sensing and Perceiving Mind: From Kant through the Gestalt Psychologists

Wundt and the Establishment of Experimental Psychology

The Evolving Mind: Darwin and His Psychological Legacy

Measuring the Mind: Galton and Individual Differences

American Pioneers: James, Hall, Calkins, and Thorndike

Psychology as the Science of Behavior: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner

Social Influence and Social Psychology: From Mesmer to Milgram and Beyond

Mind in Conflict: Freudian Psychoanalysis and Its Successors

Psychology Gets “Personality”: Allport, Maslow, and the Broadening Field

Minds, Machines, and Cognitive Psychology

Applying Psychology: From the Witness Stand to the Workplace

The Art and Science of Clinical Psychology

Filters

According to Piaget's theory,a child in the stage of intelligence lacks the ability to solve problems involving .