Exam 8: Thinking and Intelligence

In which of the following situations would general intelligence be particularly important?

For which of the following things would it be difficult to form an analogical representation?

Marco never had to study in high school and he starts university the same way. After his first exams, he realizes he needs to study. He decides to go to the library every night and study for six straight hours. When he can't study for that long, he does not know what to do and gives up. Marco's approach to solving his problems with studying failed because:

Fazal is planning to buy a new car. He is going to take a loan so that he can buy a new car because he believes that a new car will have fewer problems. Claire tells him that used cars with guarantees also have very few problems. Fazal realizes that he needs to find out if Claire is right before buying a new car. Fazal has been using which form of thinking about his car purchase?

Yuriko lives in Tokyo; Natasha lives in Moscow; and Joann lives in New York. If these three women were asked to compare their own intelligence to that of the men they know, Yuriko would be likely to say that her intelligence was ____________; Natasha would be likely to say that her intelligence was _____; Joann would be likely to say that her intelligence was ____________.

The final exam that you will take in your psychology class is a(n) ____________ test.

Fluid intelligence has been argued ____________ adaptive; crystallized intelligence has been argued ____________ adaptive.

Melinda is an extremely successful surgeon. Which of Gardner's multiple intelligences would she need to possess in abundance to have such ability?

Shaina, Maria, and LaVonne are all about the same age and work for the same company. Shaina is an executive secretary. Maria and LaVonne are both programmers, but LaVonne is two grades higher and makes more money. Given the data on work and IQ scores, you would expect their IQ scores to be ranked from lowest to highest as:

Our ability to learn, understand ideas, use knowledge to solve problems, and adapt to our environment is called:

As people get older, their crystallized intelligence ____________ decline and their fluid intelligence ____________ decline.

Norma is trying to decide which of four dresses to buy. For each dress, she carefully considers the cost, appearance, and quality. She then ranks the dresses in order of desirability and buys the most desirable one. Norma's decision is in accord with _____________ theory, which is a ____________ model of human decision making.

Using an analogous solution helps in problem solving only when the problem:

After struggling to solve a math problem, you suddenly see the solution. For no apparent reason, the method for solving the problem just came to your mind. You have experienced:

George has been having back pain lately and has decided to see his physician. His physician recommends that he do some exercises that have been shown to decrease back pain. When he tells his friend Susan about the exercises, she tells him they sound pointless, and that he should try taking vitamin supplements instead, because they worked for her when she had back pain. Which treatment is George most likely to choose?

Brianna has an IQ of 129 and Jenna has an IQ of 117. Brianna performs better than Jenna does on both a simple and a choice reaction time test. Brianna outperforms Jenna by:

Even though Vince sits with Hannah in class, he asks Ruiz to be his study partner, because Ruiz works harder than Hannah. In thinking about this decision, Vince used which of the following concepts?

Which baby will have the highest IQ?

Correlations among test items that create clusters of related items have been identified using:

Mr. Ramirez is the principal of a middle school that has recently had its attendance boundaries redrawn. For the first time his school is going to contain an equal number of black and white teenagers, all of whom have previously attended very segregated schools. From what you know about schemas, what might Mr. Ramirez do to promote better relations among his students?