Exam 9: A: Intelligence and Psychological Testing

Lucy Lucy is a 10-year-old who has just completed a typical intelligence test. Her overall score places her right at the average for children her age. She did not score equally well on all components of the test, however. One part of the test was problematic for Lucy. When she had to assemble blocks to match a design, she understood how to do the task, but she had real difficulty just manipulating the blocks because her manual dexterity is very poor; she kept fumbling with the pieces. Lucy got very frustrated with that task. When she realized that her frustration was likely going to make her even more likely to make mistakes, she stopped, took a deep breath, and calmed herself down a bit. When she started back up again she made fewer mistakes. The test administrator noticed Lucy's distress and said, "Don't worry, lots of little girls have trouble with the blocks." Lucy started making mistakes again after that. -Which of the following is most likely to be Lucy's IQ score

What is NOT one of the eight types of intelligence proposed by Gardner

What aspect of hydrocephaly may lead to mental retardation

Ellen Winner has conducted research with profoundly gifted children.What did she find was common among profoundly gifted children that is NOT common among moderately gifted children

Complete the following analogy: Predictability is to criterion-related validity as __________ is to test-retest reliability.

Which of the following are considered to be organic origins of mental retardation

In what proportion of cases are diagnosticians able to pin down an organic cause for retardation

What do we call a test that yields nearly identical scores when it is retaken after a two-month interval

In what ways have changing views about the influence of heredity and environment on intelligence affected the development of intelligence tests

What are the typical correlations between IQ scores and school grades

According to theories that employ the concept of reaction range,which statement best describes the upper limit of an individual's intellectual potential

Scott is efficient at processing information and performs well on conventional tests designed to measure reasoning and logical-mathematical abilities.According to Sternberg's triarchic theory,what type of intelligence does Scott display

Kira has been raised in an impoverished environment,with no access to books and very few age-appropriate toys.What does the reaction range model predict for Kira

In the first half of the 20th century,a strong current of racial and class prejudice supported the idea that IQ tests measured innate ability and that "undesirable" groups scored poorly because of their genetic inferiority.Which theme of your text does this development best reflect

Erika is a counsellor who seems to easily infer other people's moods,temperaments,emotions,and intentions.Which type of intelligence does Erika display,according to Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences

What is an expression of the nurture side of the nature versus nurture argument

What is NOT one of the subtheories of the triarchic theory of intelligence proposed by Sternberg

What does someone try to do when engaged in convergent thinking

Adam and Carla had equivalent scores on the verbal component of the Wechsler intelligence test,but Adam had a higher score on the performance scale.What could you infer about Carla's score

What should you predict about the IQs of children who stay in understaffed orphanages,if environment affects intelligence