Exam 6: Section 2: Thinking and Intelligence

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Larraine always takes the 8:10 p.m. train when she has to work late because she finds there are typically a sufficient number of waiting passengers to keep her feeling safe. According to Sternberg's triarchic theory, Larraine is demonstrating _____ intelligence.

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Question 61

A(n) _____ is a step-by-step procedure that guarantees a correct solution to a problem.

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Question 62

For which of the following reasons would a researcher use factor analysis?

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Question 63

Functional fixedness occurs during the _____ stage of problem solving.

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Question 64

Binet and Simon developed an intelligence test for the French school system to _____.

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Question 65

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

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Question 66

Which is the MOST well-defined problem?

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Question 67

A situation in which there is a specific goal, but it is not clear how to reach that goal is called _____.

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Question 68

Implicit procedural memory is to the _ as explicit episodic memory is to the _.

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Question 69

Cory had been working on a calculus problem for several hours when the best strategy for solving the problem suddenly came to him. It was as if the correct solution path made sense all at once. This BEST illustrates what psychologists call _____.

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Question 70

If a child's mental age is lower than the child's chronological age, then the child's IQ _____.

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Question 71

Concerning the reliability and validity of intelligence tests, which statement is FALSE?

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Question 72

Trevor did not think to use the plastic bag he was carrying as a raincoat when he was caught in a downpour, BEST illustrating _____.

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Question 73

An ill-defined problem is missing a clear specification of which of the following?

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Question 74

On a roulette wheel, there are an equal number of red (R) and black (B) slots into which a ball may fall at random. Suppose a roulette wheel is spun five times. Which sequence of outcomes is more likely?

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Question 75

What happens to the modest correlation between the intelligence test scores of adopted children and their adoptive parents as the children get older?

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Question 76

The finding that average intelligence scores have increased over the past century in the United States and other industrialized countries illustrates which of the following?

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Question 77

To determine if a test is internally consistent, which measure(s) of reliability would be appropriate to use?

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Question 78

Despite his awareness of scientific evidence indicating fortunetellers are unable to forecast the future, Justin believes they can. He bases his belief on the fact that his friend Ronnie won $100 after a fortune teller told Ronnie that something good would happen to him. Justin is experiencing _ resulting from _.

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Question 79

Most people incorrectly think that "r" appears more often as the first letter of a word than as the third letter. This belief stems from the use of the _ heuristic, based on the way we _.

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Exam 6: Section 2: Thinking and Intelligence

Larraine always takes the 8:10 p.m. train when she has to work late because she finds there are typically a sufficient number of waiting passengers to keep her feeling safe. According to Sternberg's triarchic theory, Larraine is demonstrating _____ intelligence.

A(n) _____ is a step-by-step procedure that guarantees a correct solution to a problem.

For which of the following reasons would a researcher use factor analysis?

Functional fixedness occurs during the _____ stage of problem solving.

Binet and Simon developed an intelligence test for the French school system to _____.

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

Which is the MOST well-defined problem?

A situation in which there is a specific goal, but it is not clear how to reach that goal is called _____.

Implicit procedural memory is to the _____ as explicit episodic memory is to the _____.

Cory had been working on a calculus problem for several hours when the best strategy for solving the problem suddenly came to him. It was as if the correct solution path made sense all at once. This BEST illustrates what psychologists call _____.

If a child's mental age is lower than the child's chronological age, then the child's IQ _____.

Concerning the reliability and validity of intelligence tests, which statement is FALSE?

Trevor did not think to use the plastic bag he was carrying as a raincoat when he was caught in a downpour, BEST illustrating _____.

An ill-defined problem is missing a clear specification of which of the following?

On a roulette wheel, there are an equal number of red (R) and black (B) slots into which a ball may fall at random. Suppose a roulette wheel is spun five times. Which sequence of outcomes is more likely?

What happens to the modest correlation between the intelligence test scores of adopted children and their adoptive parents as the children get older?

The finding that average intelligence scores have increased over the past century in the United States and other industrialized countries illustrates which of the following?

To determine if a test is internally consistent, which measure(s) of reliability would be appropriate to use?

Most people incorrectly think that "r" appears more often as the first letter of a word than as the third letter. This belief stems from the use of the _____ heuristic, based on the way we _____.

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Implicit procedural memory is to the _ as explicit episodic memory is to the _.

Most people incorrectly think that "r" appears more often as the first letter of a word than as the third letter. This belief stems from the use of the _ heuristic, based on the way we _.