Question 1

Which two theories of intelligence are most different from each other?

Accepted Answer

A) Charles Spearman's "g" theory and Howard Gardner' multiple intelligences. 
B) Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences and Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory. 
C) Charles Spearman's "g" theory and Raymond Cattell's crystallized and fluid intelligence theory. 
D) L.L. Thurstone's seven mental abilities theory and Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences. 
A) Charles Spearman's "g" theory and Howard Gardner' multiple intelligences. 
B) Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences and Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory. 
C) Charles Spearman's "g" theory and Raymond Cattell's crystallized and fluid intelligence theory. 
D) L.L. Thurstone's seven mental abilities theory and Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences.

Question 2

Who is most associated with the ideas of fluid and crystalized intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) Cattell 
B) Thurstone 
C) Binet 
D) Wechsler 
A) Cattell 
B) Thurstone 
C) Binet 
D) Wechsler

Question 3

Mr.Chomlee's engineering division of an auto-making plant is having difficulty coming up with new ideas on how to improve fuel efficiency in the cars they are designing.What are some techniques to enhance their problem solving ability?

Accepted Answer

​Mr.Chomlee could encourage his people t

Question 4

Which type of genes become more widespread through natural selection?

Accepted Answer

A) emotive genes 
B) passive genes 
C) aggressive genes 
D) adaptive genes 
A) emotive genes 
B) passive genes 
C) aggressive genes 
D) adaptive genes

Question 5

Psychologists conduct image scanning studies in order to better understand ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) creativity and problem solving 
B) insight 
C) knowledge 
D) mental representations 
A) creativity and problem solving 
B) insight 
C) knowledge 
D) mental representations

Question 6

Martin is 18 years old,but he scored like an average 15-year-old on the Stanford-Binet intelligence test.Martin's IQ would be approximately ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) 123 
B) 103 
C) 83 
D) 53 
A) 123 
B) 103 
C) 83 
D) 53

Question 7

Which professions would be most likely to require a high degree of spatial intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) waitress 
B) store clerk 
C) surveyor 
D) accountant 
A) waitress 
B) store clerk 
C) surveyor 
D) accountant

Question 8

Which of the following is one of the index scores on the WAIS-IV?​

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual reasoning 
B) naturalistic skills​ 
C) social skills 
D) intrapersonal skills 
A) perceptual reasoning 
B) naturalistic skills​ 
C) social skills 
D) intrapersonal skills

Question 9

When the child you are babysitting says,"mommy gone," meaning "My mommy is gone," the child is using a typical form of language for two-year-olds called ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) holophrase 
B) telegraphic speech 
C) underextension 
D) overextension 
A) holophrase 
B) telegraphic speech 
C) underextension 
D) overextension

Question 10

Divergent thinking is most closely associated with which of the following?​

Accepted Answer

A) creativity 
B) deductive reasoning 
C) algorithms 
D) natural concepts 
A) creativity 
B) deductive reasoning 
C) algorithms 
D) natural concepts

Question 11

With regard to how we acquire the concepts that help to organize our thinking,formal concepts are more likely ____,whereas natural concepts are more likely____.​

Accepted Answer

A) taught; experienced 
B) experienced; taught 
C) subordinate; superordinate 
D) superordinate; subordinate 
A) taught; experienced 
B) experienced; taught 
C) subordinate; superordinate 
D) superordinate; subordinate

Question 12

Timmy's geography teacher gives the class a pop quiz in which he asks the class to draw a map of North America,which they learned about in the previous day's lesson.Knowing what you do about mental representations,how well do you think Timmy would do on this quiz?​

Accepted Answer

A) He will draw a perfect map of North America. 
B) He will get some of the details correct, but his map will contain many errors. 
C) His map will be so far off that it will not even resemble North America. 
D) The U.S. portion of the map will be very accurate, but Canada and Mexico will be distorted. 
A) He will draw a perfect map of North America. 
B) He will get some of the details correct, but his map will contain many errors. 
C) His map will be so far off that it will not even resemble North America. 
D) The U.S. portion of the map will be very accurate, but Canada and Mexico will be distorted.

Question 13

Describe Benjamin Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis and what the research has to say about the hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

​One of the most intriguing theories abo

Question 14

To critics of the idea that animals can learn language,a highly trained circus animal that responds to its trainer's verbal requests would not be convincing primarily because of the critics' arguments that such behavior ____.

Accepted Answer

A) is simply not possible given the animal's small cortex 
B) has been shown to be a product of a hoax carried out by fraudulent researchers​ 
C) does not fit our understanding of evolutionary processes​ 
D) merely reflects behavioral conditioning​ 
A) is simply not possible given the animal's small cortex 
B) has been shown to be a product of a hoax carried out by fraudulent researchers​ 
C) does not fit our understanding of evolutionary processes​ 
D) merely reflects behavioral conditioning​

Question 15

In Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's research,____.

Accepted Answer

A) Phoenix was able to carry out a complex sequence of instructions 
B) Kanzi learned language by observing his mother being taught language​ 
C) Matata quickly acquired a rich, expressive vocabulary​ 
D) Alex's speech took social context into account​ 
A) Phoenix was able to carry out a complex sequence of instructions 
B) Kanzi learned language by observing his mother being taught language​ 
C) Matata quickly acquired a rich, expressive vocabulary​ 
D) Alex's speech took social context into account​

Question 16

Insight usually ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) occurs without any effort 
B) leads to incorrect solutions 
C) takes much thought and knowledge 
D) requires the use of algorithms 
A) occurs without any effort 
B) leads to incorrect solutions 
C) takes much thought and knowledge 
D) requires the use of algorithms

Question 17

The first step in problem solving is to ____ the problem.

Accepted Answer

A) represent 
B) analyze 
C) identify 
D) reconceptualize 
A) represent 
B) analyze 
C) identify 
D) reconceptualize

Question 18

Which example best illustrates creativity?​

Accepted Answer

A) doing library research for a paper 
B) devising a new use for a paper clip 
C) viewing a painting 
D) solving a problem the way others have solved it 
A) doing library research for a paper 
B) devising a new use for a paper clip 
C) viewing a painting 
D) solving a problem the way others have solved it

Question 19

Which forms of mental representations have psychologists studied with the most success?​

Accepted Answer

A) emotions and procedures 
B) procedures and visual images 
C) emotions and concepts 
D) visual images and concepts 
A) emotions and procedures 
B) procedures and visual images 
C) emotions and concepts 
D) visual images and concepts

Question 20

When hanging out with a friend,Gayle mentions that she witnessed an accident recently.  Immediately,you begin to develop a mental image of the cars that were involved in the accident.  Your mental representation would most likely center on ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) the specific car in your experience that you have driven the most 
B) a generalized image of what cars look like 
C) the specific car that you would most want to own 
D) the broad category of all transportation vehicles 
A) the specific car in your experience that you have driven the most 
B) a generalized image of what cars look like 
C) the specific car that you would most want to own 
D) the broad category of all transportation vehicles

Which two theories of intelligence are most different from each other?

Who is most associated with the ideas of fluid and crystalized intelligence?

Mr.Chomlee's engineering division of an auto-making plant is having difficulty coming up with new ideas on how to improve fuel efficiency in the cars they are designing.What are some techniques to enhance their problem solving ability?

Which type of genes become more widespread through natural selection?

Psychologists conduct image scanning studies in order to better understand ____.

Martin is 18 years old,but he scored like an average 15-year-old on the Stanford-Binet intelligence test.Martin's IQ would be approximately ____.

Which professions would be most likely to require a high degree of spatial intelligence?

Which of the following is one of the index scores on the WAIS-IV?

When the child you are babysitting says,"mommy gone," meaning "My mommy is gone," the child is using a typical form of language for two-year-olds called ____.

Divergent thinking is most closely associated with which of the following?

With regard to how we acquire the concepts that help to organize our thinking,formal concepts are more likely ,whereas natural concepts are more likely.

Timmy's geography teacher gives the class a pop quiz in which he asks the class to draw a map of North America,which they learned about in the previous day's lesson.Knowing what you do about mental representations,how well do you think Timmy would do on this quiz?

Describe Benjamin Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis and what the research has to say about the hypothesis.

To critics of the idea that animals can learn language,a highly trained circus animal that responds to its trainer's verbal requests would not be convincing primarily because of the critics' arguments that such behavior ____.

In Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's research,____.

Insight usually ____.

The first step in problem solving is to ____ the problem.

Which example best illustrates creativity?

Which forms of mental representations have psychologists studied with the most success?

When hanging out with a friend,Gayle mentions that she witnessed an accident recently. Immediately,you begin to develop a mental image of the cars that were involved in the accident. Your mental representation would most likely center on ____.

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Which two theories of intelligence are most different from each other?

Who is most associated with the ideas of fluid and crystalized intelligence?

Mr.Chomlee's engineering division of an auto-making plant is having difficulty coming up with new ideas on how to improve fuel efficiency in the cars they are designing.What are some techniques to enhance their problem solving ability?

Which type of genes become more widespread through natural selection?

Psychologists conduct image scanning studies in order to better understand ____.​

Martin is 18 years old,but he scored like an average 15-year-old on the Stanford-Binet intelligence test.Martin's IQ would be approximately ____.​

Which professions would be most likely to require a high degree of spatial intelligence?

Which of the following is one of the index scores on the WAIS-IV?​

When the child you are babysitting says,"mommy gone," meaning "My mommy is gone," the child is using a typical form of language for two-year-olds called ____.​

Divergent thinking is most closely associated with which of the following?​

With regard to how we acquire the concepts that help to organize our thinking,formal concepts are more likely ____,whereas natural concepts are more likely____.​

Timmy's geography teacher gives the class a pop quiz in which he asks the class to draw a map of North America,which they learned about in the previous day's lesson.Knowing what you do about mental representations,how well do you think Timmy would do on this quiz?​

Describe Benjamin Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis and what the research has to say about the hypothesis.

To critics of the idea that animals can learn language,a highly trained circus animal that responds to its trainer's verbal requests would not be convincing primarily because of the critics' arguments that such behavior ____.

In Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's research,____.

Insight usually ____.​

The first step in problem solving is to ____ the problem.

Which example best illustrates creativity?​

Which forms of mental representations have psychologists studied with the most success?​

When hanging out with a friend,Gayle mentions that she witnessed an accident recently. Immediately,you begin to develop a mental image of the cars that were involved in the accident. Your mental representation would most likely center on ____.​

The Science of Psychology

Neuroscience

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Learning

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Psychologists conduct image scanning studies in order to better understand ____.

Martin is 18 years old,but he scored like an average 15-year-old on the Stanford-Binet intelligence test.Martin's IQ would be approximately ____.

Which of the following is one of the index scores on the WAIS-IV?

When the child you are babysitting says,"mommy gone," meaning "My mommy is gone," the child is using a typical form of language for two-year-olds called ____.

Divergent thinking is most closely associated with which of the following?

With regard to how we acquire the concepts that help to organize our thinking,formal concepts are more likely ,whereas natural concepts are more likely.

Timmy's geography teacher gives the class a pop quiz in which he asks the class to draw a map of North America,which they learned about in the previous day's lesson.Knowing what you do about mental representations,how well do you think Timmy would do on this quiz?

Insight usually ____.

Which example best illustrates creativity?

Which forms of mental representations have psychologists studied with the most success?

When hanging out with a friend,Gayle mentions that she witnessed an accident recently. Immediately,you begin to develop a mental image of the cars that were involved in the accident. Your mental representation would most likely center on ____.