Exam 8: Intelligence

Many World War I recruits were from isolated rural areas and did not have a formal education or even know how to read. To assess such recruits' intelligence, the U.S. armed forces gave them the ____test.

Cosette took an intelligence test that used age-graded tasks similar to the original Stanford-Binet. Cosette, who is eight years old, most likely will ____. ​

Shavonne, an elementary school teacher, is told that some of her students scored very high on a scholastic aptitude measure. Actually, these "high aptitude" students were chosen randomly, regardless of ability. During the next year of school, these students' IQ scores increased more than the scores of other students who were in Shavonne's class. According to your text, the most likely explanation for these students' IQ gain is ____. ​

Pauline scores low on the WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale).However, she works as a Girl Scout leader and is capable of finding her way out of the woods whenever her troop gets lost. Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence would say that Pauline probably has ____intelligence. ​

Researchers are in the process of developing a new college entrance exam. They want to ensure that wherever the test is given, it will be administered, scored, and interpreted in the same manner. In other words, the researchers are concerned with ____. ​

Dr. Hans Zarkoffis testing groups of teenagers and senior citizens on their ability to imagine the rotation of objects in space. He finds that the teenagers perform much better than the seniors. Dr. Zarkoffinitially suspects that his results are due to the declining mental ability of the senior group, but then realizes that the teenagers have had more experience with video games. This is an example of a____effect. ​

Mark is asked to use his reasoning skills to solve a problem. Jean is asked a specific knowledge question. According to Cattell, Mark will most likely use ____intelligence, while Jean will most likely use ____intelligence. ​

Silus is a talented author of fictional stories. He is also known for coming up with inventive advertising campaigns for his work clients. According to Sternberg's triarchic theory, Silus must rate highly in ____ intelligence. ​

Isaac argues that most current IQ tests are useless because they are unfairly biased against certain cultural groups. According to your text, Isaac's argument is supported by three of the following factors. Which statement is inaccurate?  ​

Tyson believes that people have several kinds of intelligence. Some have great musical capacity, some are talented verbally, some artistically, and so on. He would most likely use ____to examine intelligence test results to support his position. ​

Anita is hoping to have an intelligent baby, and because you have taken psychology, she asks you for information about the brain. Assuming that the information-processing model of intelligence is correct, which brain attribute would you highlight as most important for intelligence? ​

Dr. Sandifer administers her test to a large group of high school seniors. She then administers the same test two weeks later to the same group and finds a high correlation between the first and second scores. This means that her test ____. ​

Which component is least essential to creativity? ​

Programs aimed at enriching children's environments, such as Project Head Start, have been found to ____. ​

Dr. Claus plans to conduct a longitudinal study to determine how intelligence correlates with the traits "naughty" and "nice." As his trusty assistant, you have done your research and come to Dr. Claus to warn him about a few limitations to longitudinal studies. You plan to include all of the following limitations with the exception of ____effects. ​

Individuals with outstanding ability in a narrowly defined skill provide evidence in support of the ____theory of intelligence. ​

Karin's new printer is printing too lightly. Even though she had never fixed a printer before, Karin figures out how to open the printer, remove the print cartridge, and replace it with a new one. The printing then works perfectly. We can assume that because Karin fixed the printer without previous experience, she relied on her ____intelligence. ​

Murray is studying the effects of heredity and environment on IQ test scores. He thinks that heredity is the most important factor in determining IQ. Which finding would support his argument most strongly? ​

Cara suggests that her friend Iris pursue a career in social work due to her ability to empathize with and understand others. According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Iris likely has high ____intelligence. ​

You are trying to construct items for a new culture-fair IQ test. Which item would you be least likely to include? ​