Exam 8: Intelligence

According to your text,it is difficult to define intelligence because ____.

According to Terman's concept of intelligence quotient (IQ),a ten-year-old child with an IQ of 50 has ____.

Alexandria wants to use a personality test as part of her honors thesis.She knows that existing tests provide many benefits,such as having established norms.A norm is important because it is a ____.

Which statement is true regarding group differences in IQ scores?

Gog embezzled money from his fraternity.His defense lawyer states that Gog has an IQ of 80 and therefore could not have designed the complex plan used to empty his fraternity's emergency fund.The jurors are convinced,and they acquit Gog.The jurors' mistake was that they were not aware that IQ scores ____.

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

Unicorns have an average IQ score that is 10 points higher than centaurs.Given this information,what is the most accurate statement about the intelligence of a particular unicorn and a particular centaur?

Bailey,a boy who displays a mild intellectual disability,is struggling with a word problem about a car driving from one point to another.The problem is illustrated with a diagram of the car's route.Which of the following is the most likely reason for Bailey's difficulty with the problem?

During a class discussion on intelligence tests,the instructor asks students to think about the factors that may affect a test taker's score,such as physical disabilities,language differences,or situational variables.The instructor is asking her class to debate the ____of intelligence tests.

Matthew recently obtains a research assistantship with a psychologist who studies giftedness.After an orientation session,the psychologist explains that his findings,much like those found in your textbook,reveal that high IQ guarantees ____.

An IQ test to World War I military recruitsincluded a scale that relied more heavily on pictures and acting out instructions.Results revealed that 47 percent of the men tested had a mental age of thirteen or less.Why?

Which of the following isNOTan advantage of intelligence tests over

Kiana scored in the 90th percentile on a standardized intelligence test.Based on this information,Kiana may have better potential than most of her classmates for which types of jobs?

Down syndrome is a type of intellectual disability that is due to ____.

Lakisha is taking the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.She is currently being asked to place,in order,the frames of a Peanutscartoon that contain only pictures (no dialogue).We can assume that Lakisha is currently working on a subtest that would be part of the ____scale of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.

Mrs.Blair is a fourth grade teacher.She has been told that her new student,Vish,is an exceptionally bright student.Based on your knowledge of teacher expectancies,which outcome is least likely?

Chet scored high on an IQ test that measures reasoning,test taking,and reading.He attributes these abilities to his high overall intelligence.He also believes that high intelligence predicts doing most tasks well and low intelligence predicts poor performance.Chet's concept of intelligence is most similar to the ____approach to intelligence.

Alfred Binet developed his intelligence test to ____.

Deanna and Errol are nonidentical twins separated at birth and brought up in different households.Their IQ scores are most likely ____.