Question 1

Creative persons

Accepted Answer

A) seek fame and success. 
B) have genius-level intelligence. 
C) have bizarre personalities and are usually socially inept. 
D) have a wide range of interests. 
A) seek fame and success. 
B) have genius-level intelligence. 
C) have bizarre personalities and are usually socially inept. 
D) have a wide range of interests.

Question 2

A mental block to creative thinking that involves fear of making a mistake or excessive self-criticism is called a(n)

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual set. 
B) emotional barrier. 
C) conceptual block. 
D) functional fixedness. 
A) perceptual set. 
B) emotional barrier. 
C) conceptual block. 
D) functional fixedness.

Question 3

On which section of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition is reasoning ability measured by having the subjects complete analogy questions, fill in the missing shape in a group of shapes, and tell a story about what's happening in a series of pictures?

Accepted Answer

A) fluid reasoning 
B) working memory 
C) quantitative reasoning 
D) visual-spatial processing 
A) fluid reasoning 
B) working memory 
C) quantitative reasoning 
D) visual-spatial processing

Question 4

Common mental blocks that can hinder problem-solving include

Accepted Answer

A) cultural barriers. 
B) emotional barriers. 
C) perceptual barriers. 
D) all of these. 
A) cultural barriers. 
B) emotional barriers. 
C) perceptual barriers. 
D) all of these.

Question 5

Billy has a mental age of eight and a chronological age of ten.Billy's IQ is

Accepted Answer

A) 80. 
B) 92. 
C) 108. 
D) 122. 
A) 80. 
B) 92. 
C) 108. 
D) 122.

Question 6

Average intelligence is usually defined as any score from _____ to _____.

Accepted Answer

A) 70; 89 
B) 90; 109 
C) 110; 119 
D) 120; 129 
A) 70; 89 
B) 90; 109 
C) 110; 119 
D) 120; 129

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of Csikszentmihalyi's recommendations about how to become more creative?

Accepted Answer

A) try to surprise at least one person every day 
B) allow yourself to make more errors 
C) start doing more of what you really enjoy, less of what you dislike 
D) try to look at problems from as many viewpoints as you can 
A) try to surprise at least one person every day 
B) allow yourself to make more errors 
C) start doing more of what you really enjoy, less of what you dislike 
D) try to look at problems from as many viewpoints as you can

Question 8

A student concentrates so much on the information to be put on her powerpoint slide that she fails to note the need to use contrast for easy visibility of the text.This illustrates the _____ barrier to constructing an effective powerpoint presentation.

Accepted Answer

A) emotional 
B) cultural 
C) learned 
D) perceptual 
A) emotional 
B) cultural 
C) learned 
D) perceptual

Question 9

If you score at the 97th percentile on an intelligence test, this means that your IQ is

Accepted Answer

A) significantly below average. 
B) 97. 
C) would be rounded to 100. 
D) 130. 
A) significantly below average. 
B) 97. 
C) would be rounded to 100. 
D) 130.

Question 10

A truck gets stuck under a bridge.Several tow trucks are unable to pull it out.At last a little boy walks up and asks the red-faced adults trying to free the truck why they haven't let the air out of the truck's tires.Their oversight was due to

Accepted Answer

A) divergent thinking. 
B) functional incubation. 
C) synesthesia. 
D) fixation. 
A) divergent thinking. 
B) functional incubation. 
C) synesthesia. 
D) fixation.

Question 11

The advice to "sleep on it" would relate to which stage of creative thinking?

Accepted Answer

A) verification 
B) illumination 
C) incubation 
D) preparation 
A) verification 
B) illumination 
C) incubation 
D) preparation

Question 12

Thought that is based on emotion rather than reasoning would be considered

Accepted Answer

A) inductive thought. 
B) deductive thought. 
C) logical thought. 
D) illogical thought. 
A) inductive thought. 
B) deductive thought. 
C) logical thought. 
D) illogical thought.

Question 13

When tested with the candle problem presented in your textbook, five-year-old children showed no signs of functional fixedness because they _____ than the adults.

Accepted Answer

A) could visualize the problem better 
B) could physically manipulate the objects with more dexterity 
C) had less experience with the use of the various objects 
D) had more experience with the use of the various objects 
A) could visualize the problem better 
B) could physically manipulate the objects with more dexterity 
C) had less experience with the use of the various objects 
D) had more experience with the use of the various objects

Question 14

After Archimedes suddenly realized the solution to his problem of whether the king had been cheated, he tested this solution by placing the amount of gold given to the goldsmith in a tub of water and marked the water level and removed the gold.He then placed the crown in the water.If the goldsmith had cheated the king, the water level would be different than the water level marked for the pure gold.At this point, Archimedes was in which stage of creative thought?

Accepted Answer

A) preparation 
B) incubation 
C) illumination 
D) verification 
A) preparation 
B) incubation 
C) illumination 
D) verification

Question 15

A deviation IQ represents a person's

Accepted Answer

A) number of correct responses on a mental test. 
B) percent of correct responses on a mental test. 
C) relative standing in a group based on mental test performance. 
D) ratio of mental age to chronological age. 
A) number of correct responses on a mental test. 
B) percent of correct responses on a mental test. 
C) relative standing in a group based on mental test performance. 
D) ratio of mental age to chronological age.

Question 16

The items actually selected for an intelligence test provide a(n) _____ definition of intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) functional 
B) conditional 
C) reliable 
D) operational 
A) functional 
B) conditional 
C) reliable 
D) operational

Question 17

If asked, "Which is more probable? A. Tiger Woods will not be in the lead after the first round of golf of a tournament but will win the tournament. B. Tiger Woods will not be in the lead after the first found of golf of a tournament." Most people would answer A, although A is less likely to be true than B. According to Tversky and Kahneman, such faulty conclusions are based on

Accepted Answer

A)  the framing effect. 
B)  convergent thinking. 
C)  divergent thinking. 
D)  the representativeness heuristic. 
A)  the framing effect. 
B)  convergent thinking. 
C)  divergent thinking. 
D)  the representativeness heuristic.

Question 18

When one's mental age is higher than one's actual age in years, then

Accepted Answer

A) the test lacks reliability. 
B) one's IQ is over 100. 
C) one's IQ is below 100. 
D) one's IQ is 100. 
A) the test lacks reliability. 
B) one's IQ is over 100. 
C) one's IQ is below 100. 
D) one's IQ is 100.

Question 19

The items that Binet included on his test were based on the

Accepted Answer

A) educational tasks taught at the various grade levels in the schools of that time. 
B) tasks that an average child could perform at each age level. 
C) opinions of psychologists during that time period. 
D) updating of items from earlier group IQ tests and creativity tests. 
A) educational tasks taught at the various grade levels in the schools of that time. 
B) tasks that an average child could perform at each age level. 
C) opinions of psychologists during that time period. 
D) updating of items from earlier group IQ tests and creativity tests.

Question 20

Scores on the Rorschach ink blot test include a consideration of how unusual a person's responses are.This aspect of the test is similar to a measure of creativity known as

Accepted Answer

A) fluency. 
B) flexibility. 
C) originality. 
D) logic. 
A) fluency. 
B) flexibility. 
C) originality. 
D) logic.

Exam 9: Extension B: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Creative persons

A mental block to creative thinking that involves fear of making a mistake or excessive self-criticism is called a(n)

On which section of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition is reasoning ability measured by having the subjects complete analogy questions, fill in the missing shape in a group of shapes, and tell a story about what's happening in a series of pictures?

Common mental blocks that can hinder problem-solving include

Billy has a mental age of eight and a chronological age of ten.Billy's IQ is

Average intelligence is usually defined as any score from _____ to _____.

Which of the following is NOT one of Csikszentmihalyi's recommendations about how to become more creative?

A student concentrates so much on the information to be put on her powerpoint slide that she fails to note the need to use contrast for easy visibility of the text.This illustrates the _____ barrier to constructing an effective powerpoint presentation.

If you score at the 97th percentile on an intelligence test, this means that your IQ is

A truck gets stuck under a bridge.Several tow trucks are unable to pull it out.At last a little boy walks up and asks the red-faced adults trying to free the truck why they haven't let the air out of the truck's tires.Their oversight was due to

The advice to "sleep on it" would relate to which stage of creative thinking?

Thought that is based on emotion rather than reasoning would be considered

When tested with the candle problem presented in your textbook, five-year-old children showed no signs of functional fixedness because they _____ than the adults.

A deviation IQ represents a person's

The items actually selected for an intelligence test provide a(n) _____ definition of intelligence.

When one's mental age is higher than one's actual age in years, then

The items that Binet included on his test were based on the

Scores on the Rorschach ink blot test include a consideration of how unusual a person's responses are.This aspect of the test is similar to a measure of creativity known as

Introduction the Psychology

Extension A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

Extension A: Brain and Behavior

Extension B: Brain and Behavior

Extension C: Brain and Behavior

Extension A: Human Development

Extension B: Human Development

Extension C: Human Development

Extension D: Human Development

Extension A: Sensation and Reality

Extension B: Sensation and Reality

Extension A: Perceiving the World

Extension B: Perceiving the World

Extension A: States of Consciousness

Extension B: States of Consciousness

Extension C: States of Consciousness

Extension D: States of Consciousness

Extension A: Conditioning and Learning

Extension B: Conditioning and Learning

Extension C: Conditioning and Learning

Extension A: Memory

Extension B: Memory

Extension C: Memory

Extension A: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension C: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension D: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence

Extension A: Motivation and Emotion

Extension B: Motivation and Emotion

Extension C: Motivation and Emotion

Extension D: Motivation and Emotion

Extension A: Gender and Sexuality

Extension B: Gender and Sexuality

Extension C: Gender and Sexuality

Extension A: Personality

Extension B: Personality

Extension C: Personality

Extension D: Personality

Extension A: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension B: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension C: Health, Stress, and Coping

Extension A: Psychological Disorders

Extension B: Psychological Disorders

Extension C: Psychological Disorders

Extension D: Psychological Disorders

Extension A: Therapies

Extension B: Therapies

Extension C: Therapies

Extension D: Therapies

Extension A: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension B: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension C: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Extension A: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension B: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Extension A: Applied Psychology

Extension B: Applied Psychology

Extension C: Applied Psychology

Appendix A: Behavioral Statistics

Appendix B: Behavioral Statistics

Average intelligence is usually defined as any score from _ to _.

If you score at the 97^th percentile on an intelligence test, this means that your IQ is