Exam 9: Intelligence and Intelligence Assessment

Sir Francis Galton would have agreed with all of the following statements EXCEPT that

Researchers studying emotional intelligence have defined it in terms of four major component abilities. All of the following abilities are on this list EXCEPT for which one?

Your friend has an IQ that is well above average, is highly original and innovative, and will complete whatever assignment is given to him with a strong sense of commitment. Which of the following describes your friend most aptly?

Claude Steele has argued that stereotype _________ can impact people's performance on ability tests. This refers to being at risk for confirming a negative stereotype of one's group.

A group of friends has been to a concert, but finds that their car will not start when it is time to leave. One member of the group quickly helps the group find another way to get home. Based on Robert Sternberg's theory of intelligence, she would be credited with having high ________ intelligence.

The Stanford-Binet scales and the Wechsler scales have in common the fact that

A child is playing a game called "Who Am I?" His clues read, "I am a half-cousin to Charles Darwin, in 1869 I wrote the highly influential book Hereditary Genius, and I attempted to apply evolutionary theory to the study of human abilities." The answer is clearly

Your author proposes several explanations for why people with higher IQs live longer than people with lower IQs. They include all but which of the following?

You are asked to derive the IQ score for one of your friends. If you were using Terman's notion of an IQ, you would

To meet one of the criteria for classification as intellectually disabled, an individual must

In terms of the relationship between heredity and race, all of the following have been found EXCEPT for which one?

Formal assessment procedures should meet three requirements. The requirements include all of the following EXCEPT

With respect to the Wechsler Intelligence Scales, all of the following statements are accurate EXCEPT for which one?

Your textbook notes a research study that was conducted using participants who worked in the printing and graphics industry. It found that greater company growth over a four-year period was positive correlated with higher levels of __________ intelligence.

A boy does not do particularly well in his schoolwork, but those who know him say that he has "street smarts." He adapts well to new situations, gets along day to day with few problems, and seems to have a knack for getting his needs met. According to Sternberg's theory, he has ________ intelligence.

Studies exploring the correlations between IQ scores of individuals on the basis of their degree of genetic relationship have found that

In constructing his intelligence test for adults, David Wechsler focused on

Suppose that a man is a member of a social group that is stereotypically expected to lack a specific type of ability. When the man takes a test he knows is designed for that ability, he is likely to perform ________, demonstrating an effect known as ________.

Using Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence as a guide, one would expect that an expert salesperson would be high in ________ intelligence, and an expert dancer would be high in ________ intelligence.

On the topic of genius, Sir Francis Galton took the stand that