Exam 8: Intelligence

Nora is conducting research on emotional intelligence.In designing her study,Nora plans to follow several cohorts across a ten-year time span.She will select individuals initially from four agegroups: ten-year-olds,twenty-year-olds,thirty-year-olds,and forty-year-olds.She will follow these cohorts over ten years and gather qualitative and quantitative data.Nora's study is known as a ____.

Meredith was in a Head Start program as a child.What was the most likely result?

Based on research studies of college students,what percentage of the students taking this exam could be expected to be suffering from some test anxiety?

If you obtained a high score on a test that measured basic powers of reasoning and problem solving where all the facts were supplied to you during the test,this would indicate that you have high ____intelligence.

Vlade is experiencing test anxiety during his psychology exam.His symptoms are least likely to include ____.

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?

Fiona and Michael are discussing how best to measure intelligence.Fiona says that while she acknowledges that traditional IQ tests are useful,it is important to also include questions that measure how well people can adapt to new situations and their ability to create something new,along with how well people can apply their intelligence to everyday problems.Michael disagrees and says that only traditional IQ tests should be used because intelligence is one general trait,the g factor.Fiona is an advocate for the ____theory,and Michael is an advocate for the ____theory.

The early days of IQ tests contained many misconceptions and abuses.Describe some of the errors and misuses of IQ tests during the early 1900s.

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.

As people over sixty-five years old grow older,their crystallized intelligence will ____and their fluid intelligence will ____.

Sierra is diagnosed as being intellectually disabled.She can manage most of her personal needs,has a job shredding paper documents,and knows which bus line to take to her job.However,Sierra needs help with managing money,scheduling doctor's appointments,and communicating with her boss.Sierra would be classified as having a____ intellectual disability.

When Yanping entered college,she was unsure about which major to choose.She took a vocational interest test that indicated that she was highly analytic and should choose a math-based major.This spring she will graduate with honors with a mechanical engineering degree.The test Yanping took appears to have good ____validity.

Dr.Mensa is creating a study of intelligence and would like to develop a cross-sequential with resampling design.The main feature of this design 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.

Which of the following is not an accurate finding about Head Start programs?

Which problem is still an issue with modern IQ tests?

Lewis Terman and the other psychologists who adopted IQ tests for use in the United States in the early 1900s believed that intelligence is ____.

Mild cases of intellectual disability that have no obvious genetic or environmental cause are referred to as ____.

If the scores for the computer-administered Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)correlate highly with first-year college grade-point average,then the computer versions of the test would be said to have good ____.

Sunyoung is a psychologist who is studying how well people perform on a dichotic listening task.She hypothesizes that more intelligent people will perform better on this task because they are able to mobilize and distribute their attention more readily.Sunyoung probably takes a(n)____approach to intelligence.