Exam 9: C: Intelligence

Crystallized intelligence declines rapidly after middle age.

Regarding intelligence,creativity,rational thinking,and wisdom,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Kenny,a minority adolescent,believes that what he learns "on the street" is more important than what he is taught in school.According to Robert Sternberg,Kenny believes which of the following types of intelligence is the most important?

A test designed to measure intelligence without being affected by one's cultural background,verbal skills,or educational level is called a(n)__________ test.

Jasmine is a high school senior who is attending a program in which she will go through hundred of hours of guided problem solving and will learn to avoid the thinking flaws that lower IQ scores.This program developed by Reuven Feuerstein and his colleagues is known as __________.

List the five cognitive factors of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales,Fifth Edition (SB5), describing the items used to measure each factor,and compare the SB5 with the Wechsler scales,indicating their similiarities and diffierences and what skills are measured by the WAIS-IV.

When actual blood group testing is conducted,there are no significant correlations between ethnic ancestry and IQ.

Compare and contrast the intellectual abilities of males and females; explain why very small gender differences in intellectual skills may still exist; and describe how overall IQ is affected by age,why some people make fairly large gains in IQ while others have sizable losses; and the difference in fluid and crystallized intelligences.

If one psychologist administers a test simultaneously to several people with minimal supervision,the test must be a(n)__________ test.

According to David Perkins,experiential intelligence is relatively fixed,so that little can be done to change this factor.

One explanation for the extraordinary performances of people with savant syndrome is that an area of the brain is damaged,freeing the person from the "distractions" of language,concepts,and higher-level thoughts.This area of the brain that is theorized to be damaged in persons with savant syndrome is the __________.