Exam 10: Intelligence, Problem-Solving, and Creativity

Greta meets with the election committee to come up with strategies for recruiting the study body to vote in the upcoming student government elections. Greta and her colleagues generate a few ideas, such as free pins and free cupcakes for voters. Greta and her group are actively working on a __________.

In terms of intelligence, adaptive behavior is defined as __________.

The Feist and Rosenberg text points out that the principles of the multiple-factor theory of intelligence can best be addressed by the question __________

Neuroimaging research shows that insight solutions are more often processed in which of the following brain regions?

Corbin, who is 10 years old, took a test that shows he has a mental age of 15. According to intelligence measurement theorists, what can be concluded from this information?

Research by Gregory (2007) showed that the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scales are significantly correlated with individuals' academic class ranks in high school. Therefore, this exam has __________.

John Carroll's extension of the Cattell-Horn model of intelligence includes dimensions he labeled __________.

The inability to break out of a particular mindset to solve a problem is called __________.

Which of the following individuals is likely to have the family's highest IQ?

Researchers develop a college entrance exam that produces scores that highly correlate with first-year college grade point averages. Thus, this exam has __________.

Which of the following is not a major category of Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

Abu meditates, eats well, and exercises every day. He is extremely healthy. In addition, he is very spiritual. Which type of intelligence does Abu possess under Gardner's theory?

Judy is trying to figure out how to set up her digital cable receiver, TV, and DVD player to function together. She plugs various wires into various jacks, and after some trial and error finally gets everything to work. Judy has demonstrated __________.

Researchers speculate that about ___________ percent of the variability in intelligence among individuals is due to genetics.

A large-scale study of the difference in intelligence between men and women showed that __________.

Which of the following individuals has savant syndrome?

Schizophrenics may speak or write in a convoluted manner, using words and sentences with no meaning, or what psychologists call __________.

Which of the following individuals would have IQ scores most similar to each other?

An educational principle based on the theory of multiple intelligences (MI) is __________.

A problem-solving strategy that students in school might learn is __________.