Exam 7: Memory

Define (a)practical and (b)emotional intelligence.To what extent are these types of intelligence related to the sort of intelligence that is traditionally assessed by standardized tests?

Joanne will not go out at night because she hears from her local news station about the large number of muggings and robberies that occur in her city.However,crime in Joanne's city has actually gone down in the past few years.To which bias is Joanne falling victim?

According to the text,the most frequently used problem-solving heuristic is:

Which of the following is true of academic success and career success?

Traditional intelligence tests tend to assess _____ thinking;tests of creativity tap into _____.

People who are _____ have deficits in their language and motor skills.Although these individuals can hold simple jobs,they need to have a certain degree of supervision throughout their lives.

_____ are standards of test performance that permit the comparison of one person's score on a test to the scores of others who have taken the same test.

_____ is a process by which individuals with intellectual disabilities are integrated into regular classrooms as much as possible.

Which of the following is true of algorithms?

Outline Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences.Make sure to list and describe each of the types Gardner argues for and provide an example to illustrate the construct.

Mental groupings of objects,events,or people that share common features are called:

_____ problems consist of an initial state,a goal state,and a method for changing the initial state into the goal state.

Which of the following is true about tests?

"You always clam up when I ask you what's wrong," Iris tells her boyfriend.Iris is probably making this frequency judgment because she can remember a few times that her boyfriend wouldn't tell her what was bothering him.Iris is using the _____ heuristic.

"How many uses can you think of for a brick?" asks the examiner.You are taking a test of _____ thinking.

Peyton has an IQ score of 60.Although her development was typically slower than that of her peers,she is now able to hold a job and will soon start a family of her own.Peyton is most probably:

Henry's dog,Sparky,has been rolling in the mud.Henry must bathe Sparky before the dog gets mud all over the carpet.However,Henry is unable to find the plug for the tub.Sitting on the counter right beside the tub is a fifty-cent piece.In his frustration,Henry fails to see that the coin could be used as an emergency plug for the tub.What happened to Henry?

Someone relying on divergent thinking would answer _____ to the query "What can you do with a pencil?"

Distinguish between crystallized and fluid intelligence.Provide an example of (a)an intellectual task that mainly reflects crystallized intelligence and (b)an intellectual task that mainly reflects fluid intelligence.How do crystallized and fluid intelligence change with age in later adulthood?

_____ intelligence is the set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment,evaluation,expression,and regulation of feelings.