Exam 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Thurstone hypothesized that there are 120 different intellectual abilities, depending on how the different opera­tions, contents, and products are combined in a task.

Describe the interpersonal components of emotional intelligence?

Guilford has suggested that creative thinkers are proficient in divergent thinking.

The best and most familiar examples of concepts are called

Which of the following is not true about identical twins?

According to the text, IQ tests are

The process of establishing norms and developing a uniform procedure for administering and scoring a test is called

Discuss the heredity versus environment issue of intelligence. Explain how the twin study method and adoption method have contributed to our understanding of how both heredity and environment play an important role in intelligence.

What are the similarities and differences between the intelligence theories of Spearman, Thurstone and Guilford?

Which of the following is not a concept?

Standardization is used to establish

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale contains both verbal and intuitive sub­tests, which yield separate verbal and performance IQ scores as well as an overall IQ score

Psychologists interested in people who speak more than one language have found all of the following except

Because Geoff has an IQ below 25, he would be considered to be ________ mentally retarded.

In order to be useful a test must have either high validity or high reliability.

A person who has never used a paper clip for anything other than clipping papers might be accused of

The earlier children are adopted into enriched environments, the higher their IQ. This supports the notion that environmental influences affect IQ.

What did Wechsler's tests provide that the Stanford-Binet did not?

How does the nature-nurture controversy apply to intelligence?

The meaning derived from words, sentences, and other units of language is known as