Exam 9: A--Intelligence

Sternberg has developed a newer distinction among types of intelligence: analytical, creative, and ____________________.

Psychologists now agree that the Progressive Matrices test is entirely free of cultural influence.

The Stanford-Binet is now considered the only test entirely free of cultural influence.

The WISC-IV is a test of ____________________ developed for ____________________.

According to Raymond Cattell, the "g" factor in intelligence has two major components, ____________________ and ____________________. or

Six-year olds who were randomly assigned to music lessons showed a gain of 10 to 20 IQ points, on the average, compared to other children.

For someone to be classified as intellectually gifted, they must score at least ____________________standard deviation(s) above the mean score on an IQ test.

A five-year-old who has a Stanford-Binet IQ score of 116 is more intelligent than an eight-year-old who also scores 116.

Someone who has learned a great deal of specific information and who has acquired many specialized skills can be said to have a great deal of ____________________ intelligence.

Studies of impoverished families find less evidence for genetic influences on intelligence than do studies of middle-class families.

A question on a math test contains a diagram of an American football field. If this question is among the easiest for men to answer and among the hardest for women to answer, we can conclude that this test question is biased.

When psychologists want to evaluate the accuracy or fairness of a test, they examine specific kinds of evidence. The main ways of evaluating any test are to check its reliability and validity. Define reliability and validity. Can a test have high reliability and low validity or vice versa?

On average, the IQ scores of fraternal twins correlate with each other more highly than do the IQ scores of identical twins.

Sternberg has identified three types of intelligence: practical, creative, and ____________________.

Psychologists first developed the theory of intelligence, and then they began to develop the original tests of intelligence.

The British scholar who was the first to argue that a tendency toward high intelligence is hereditary was ____________________.

Contemporary intelligence researchers such as Howard Gardner and Robert Sternberg have proposed theories claiming there are many different kinds of intelligence.

In developing new tests for practical and creative intelligence, Sternberg has attempted to account for ____________________ differences.

By developing tests of creative and practical intelligence, Sternberg is attempting to develop intelligence tests that are better predictors of ____________________ than standard IQ tests.

Psychologists have identified the cause of the Flynn effect.