Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

A committee has been set up to identify young people who are likely to become great Olympics skaters.In addition to physical skills,the committee believes that an understanding of one's emotions is a plus because it will help the skaters through training and competitions.Using Howard Gardner's types of intelligences,which two should be the focus of their search?

What is one criticism of the conclusions offered by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in The Bell Curve?

What number reflects the amount of differences in a population attributable to genetic influences?

The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by __________.

Prefixes,suffixes,and words are examples of __________.

Ted and Jessica's son was recently diagnosed as mentally retarded.What is his likely degree of retardation?

What score indicates how one individual compares to others on an intelligence test?

The concept of generalized intelligence is largely based on the theories of __________.

The individual test most often given to adults is __________.

The smallest meaningful units in a language are __________.

The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called __________.

According to the Atkinson and Shiffrin model of memory,what happens when we actively think about something that we have previously learned?

A valid test is one that __________.

Geoffrey has a Stanford-Binet IQ score of 60 and deficits in adaptive behavior.He is likely to be considered __________.

The Binet-Simon scale was originally developed to __________.

Which of these is one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences?

What was the original purpose of the first well established test of intelligence?

The ability to reproduce unusually sharp and detailed images of something that has been seen is called __________.

A form of intelligence that refers to how effectively people perceive and understand their own feelings and the feelings of others,is __________ intelligence.

Which of these might be an example of a performance item on the Wechsler tests of intelligence?