Exam 31: Introduction to Intelligence

Girls are likely to outperform boys in a

Seven-year-old Tyrone lives in Appalachia,where his father makes a poverty-level living by growing corn for sale at the local market.Tyrone's cognitive development is likely to be depressed because

Psychologist Carol Dweck believes that training students to believe that intelligence is changeable,not fixed,can help them develop ________,in which students attribute their successes to hard work,not to fixed intelligence.

The intelligence scores of adopted children are LEAST likely to be positively correlated with the scores of their adoptive siblings during

Students are most likely to develop a "growth mindset" that results in a focus on learning when they believe that intelligence is

Juan is the oldest son of Mexican parents who immigrated to the United States less than five years ago.Juan's high school teachers perceive him to be fairly intelligent,but his SAT scores are low,and he is having trouble getting into college.Juan's mother angrily claims that "intelligence tests are biased against Hispanics." Juan's father sadly counters,"It's not the tests that are biased;it's American education that is biased." Carefully explain why you would agree or disagree with the comments made by each parent.

Intelligence tests have effectively reduced discrimination in the sense that they have

The heritability of intelligence is lowest among

The variation in intelligence is determined by many genes,each of which accounts for much less than 1 percent of the variation.This suggests that intelligence is

When promised money for doing well on an intelligence test,adolescents in four dozen studies scored higher.This best illustrates that intelligence test performance is influenced by

Blacks have been found to score lower on tests of verbal aptitude when tested by Whites than when tested by Blacks.This best illustrates the impact of

Schooling ________ children's intelligence test performance.Children's intelligence ________ their later adult income.

Disproportionately more Whites than Blacks would be admitted into American colleges if performance scores on ________ were the only basis for college admissions.

The proportion of variation in intelligence among individuals that is attributable to genetic variation is known as the ________ of intelligence.

Performance-impairing anxiety is most closely associated with

Carolynn's identical twin sons are participating in a research study that includes MRI scans.The MRI findings will most likely indicate that

The heritability of intelligence among children of less-educated parents is relatively

The similarity between intelligence scores of fraternal twins raised together is

Which of the following observations provides the BEST evidence that intelligence test scores are influenced by heredity?

Women have been found to score lower on math tests when they are tested alongside men.This best illustrates the impact of