Exam 8: Cognition and Intelligence

According to Leon Kamin, _____ differences in IQ scores are most likely to be heritable, and _____ differences are most likely to be the result of environmental factors.

Joe is a bilingual elementary school student.  Relative to his monolingual peers, Joe is likely to excel on tasks requiring ​

Which of the following statements about the heritability of intelligence is LEAST consistent with the research evidence? ​

Dr. Fuller needs a really creative student to assist with the design of a new research project. She's asked to see the IQ scores of a number of students so she can use the scores to choose her new research assistant. Which of the following does Dr. Fuller need to know before making her decision?

Modern IQ scoring uses _____ IQ scores that indicate where people fall in the normal distribution of intelligence for their age group.

Which of the following six-year-old children would be MOST likely to experience an increase in IQ over the next few years? ​

A group of high IQ students are found to have larger brains than a group of low IQ students. From this, we can conclude that

Which of the following statements BEST reflects current thinking regarding the relationship between creativity and mental illness? ​

Summarize evidence from twin studies and adoption studies on whether heredity affects intelligence, and discuss the concept of heritability.

Approximately _____ of the world's population grows up bilingual.

Which of the following traits has NOT been linked to creativity?

Series-completion problems are examples of which of the following of Greeno's (1978) categories?

Rylee's algebra teacher is amazed at the creativity Rylee shows in solving homework problems. He seldom uses the same method on two consecutive problems, even when the problems are very similar in content and structure. Although Rylee makes lots of mistakes in algebra, he is unlikely to experience

The linguistic relativity hypothesis has

Evolutionary psychologists suggest that when people have to make quick decisions, they tend to ​

According to Skinner, children learn a language ​

Individuals from Eastern Asian cultures tend to focus on context and the relationships among elements in a field. This is referred to as a(n) _____ cognitive style.

Arguing from an evolutionary perspective, Gigerenzer suggests that humans' reasoning largely depends on _____ heuristics.

Carolina has been raised in an intellectually enriched environment with lots of books and age-appropriate toys. The reaction range model suggests that Carolina will ​

The man responsible for developing the first intelligence tests designed to predict the school performance of children was ​