Exam 9: Language and Thought

Many IQ tests are strongly English oriented. Drew is a Francophone so English is not his native tongue. This

Spence just received his IQ report, and his Full-Scale IQ is 110. The tester tells him that his score must be considered in context; that is, his IQ is a comparison of his score to the scores of

Rashais considered quick and clever by those around her. She is usually the first to see a solution when faced with a novel problem, and her ideas tend to be unusual and creative. Rasha probably has high

In 1970, Spencer Silver was trying to formulate a strong adhesive for the 3M Company, and one of his failed attempts resulted in an extremely weak adhesive. Four years later, frustrated by how often his markers fell out of his church hymnal, Arthur Fry coated them with Silver's adhesive. The markers stayed in place but could be peeled out of the book without damaging the pages. Post-it Notes are now one of the top five-selling office products in the United States. Fry's novel approach is a good example of

Martin is a very successful trial attorney. He rarely loses a case, because he is so good at convincing the jury to see them from his point of view. He is also active in his community and makes speeches to various groups to persuade them to support the causes in which he believes. His friends joke that he can charm anyone with his silver tongue and that he should run for political office. Martin probably has

If you chart the IQ scores of every living Canadian, the statistical distribution will look like a

Dr. Stuart tells his students that academic success does not guarantee success in life. In fact, according to Sternberg's theory, there are three types of intelligence and schools tend to focus on the _______________ type and ignore the other two.

Identical twins raised in the same homes have IQs correlated at about .86. Identical twins raised apart have IQs correlated at about .75. Unrelated adopted children raised in the same home have IQs correlated at about .32. Based on this information and research on the heritability of intelligence, we can say that ___________________ of the population variability in intelligence can be attributed to the environment.

India was adopted soon after she was born. Since she has been taking a class on intelligence, she wonders aloud if her IQ is more similar to her adoptive parents' or her birth parents'. You can tell her that she is most likely to have an IQ that is similar to

Margaret took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and was told that she has an IQ of 90. Margaret is certain this proves that her teachers are grading her unfairly when they give her C's. Margaret's friend Latisha explained that an IQ of 90 is not the same as a grading of 90 percent. Instead, it means that Margaret's

Clint recently began school and he is having trouble with reading, writing, memory, and mathematical computation. He isn't very good at reasoning, planning, and evaluating feedback from others, and he needs others to help him solve problems. His family has him tested for mental disabilities, and the school psychologist reports that Clint's IQ is 61. This means that Clint is

In 1970, Spencer Silver was trying to formulate a strong adhesive for the 3M Company, and one of his failed attempts resulted in an extremely weak adhesive. Four years later, frustrated by how often his markers fell out of his church hymnal, Arthur Fry coated them with the adhesive. The markers stayed in place but could be peeled out of the book without damaging the pages. Post-it Notes are now one of the top five-selling office products. If Silver and Fry had just thrown the adhesive out because it hadn't done what it was supposed to, they would have been demonstrating

In 1965, Fred Smith wrote a management class paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. His professor gave him a C, because "the concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a C, [it] must be feasible." Smith ignored his professor's statement and founded Federal Express (FedEx), a company that is now worth more than $3 billion. Smith's professor wanted him to stick to business solutions that were proven, not come up with something "outside the box." In other words, Smith's professor was relying on a/an

One cognitive-processing theorist suggests that researchers should examine not only the processes involved in intelligent behaviour but also the forms intelligence can take. The theory refers to people who emphasize framing problems and developing strategies as intelligent because they are adept at adaptive problem solving, This approach is called

Serpelland others have found that people in some African communities--especially where Western schooling has not yet become common--tend to blur the Western distinction between intelligence and social competence. In rural Zambia, for instance, the concept of nzelu includes both cleverness (chenjela) and responsibility (tumikila). This means that when rural parents in Africa talk about intelligence they prefer

Maireadoften hikes or camps by herself, and she's able to navigate the wilderness based on cues like the position of the sun, the flow of water, and the behaviour of the local wildlife. Animals seem to instinctively like her, and everything she plants in her garden grows. Mairead probably has

Mr. Gannon tells his class that he is going to give them an intelligence test. The test, he says, is only a page long and will accurately tell him whether or not each student has a high IQ. When Moira receives her copy of the test, she sees that the questions include items like "Mr. Gannon is the best teacher I've ever had" and "I tell my parents what a good job Mr. Gannon does when he is teaching me." Clearly, Moira thinks, this test has little

Comparing children's mental ages, with the mental ages of their same-age peers, produced the first intelligence quotients. This means that if a seven-year-old child was performing as if she were a six-year-old, her IQ would be

When Janine takes the personality test in the latest issue of Appeal magazine, her scores suggest that she is kind, generous, and caring. When she retakes the test later that week with several friends, her scores suggest she is self-centered, vain, and competitive. Janine's wildly different scores suggest a significant

Alfred Binet was commissioned to develop the first true intelligence test. The test was intended to be used to