Exam 28: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Applying Memory Principles to Your Own Education

Who is most likely to be criticized for extending the definition of intelligence to an overly broad range of talents?

Factor analysis has been used to assess whether

Which of the following people best illustrates Sternberg's concept of practical intelligence?

Howard Gardner is most likely to agree that the concept of intelligence includes

Manny's wife had a terrible day at work,and then at home she had to drive the children to their after-school activities.To top it all off,she has yet to make dinner plans.When Manny comes home from work,he fails to notice his wife's stress level and instead asks if he can go out with his friends to watch a football game.Manny is demonstrating a low level of

Which of Gardner's types of intelligence involves thinking about large questions related to life,death,and existence?

Spearman's belief in a g factor stemmed in part from his work with

Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a(n)

A person who demonstrates an exceptional specific mental skill while otherwise often remaining very limited in intellectual capacity is said to show signs of

Intelligence is defined as

A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related test items that seem to tap a common ability is called

The theorist who mathematically identified seven clusters of primary mental abilities and did not rank people on a single scale of general aptitude was

Howard Gardner proposes that humans have multiple intelligences that are relatively independent of each other.Which of the following is one of the intelligences?

Juan is an excellent artist and has been drawing since he could hold a pencil.Gardner would say that Juan demonstrates ________ intelligence.

Those who score above average on tests of mathematical aptitude are also likely to score above average on tests of verbal aptitude.According to Spearman,this best illustrates the importance of

When Andy becomes upset about getting a poor grade,he typically fails to realize that he feels scared.This lack of self-insight best illustrates an inadequate level of

Those who define intelligence as academic aptitude are most likely to criticize

Which of the following was NOT one of Thurstone's primary mental abilities?

Mary often thinks about the development of the human species,the meaning of life,and what happens after death.She is demonstrating which of Gardner's types of intelligence?

The characteristics of savant syndrome most directly suggest that intelligence is