Exam 10: Section 4 : Intelligence

The IQ correlation of biological siblings raised in different households is about the same as the IQ correlation of biological siblings raised in the same household, illustrating the role of genetics in influencing intelligence.

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Question 61

The heritability coefficient of intelligence is roughly .8.

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Question 62

The WAIS is a modern intelligence test commonly given to children.

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Question 63

Modern researchers typically use the ratio IQ for children and the deviation IQ for adults.

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Question 64

Gifted children, when they become adults, are more likely to make major contributions to their chosen occupations than people who are only slightly above average in intelligence.

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Question 65

One of the best predictors of intelligence is SES.

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Question 66

Steele and Aronson (1995) found that European American students perform better on tests if they are asked to report their race at the top of the answer sheet.

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Question 67

Differences in intelligence scores among racial groups probably are due to environmental factors.

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Question 68

Louis Thurstone did not believe in a general ability called intelligence.

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Question 69

Crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence are terms for the same underlying construct, which is known as practical intelligence.

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Question 70

Robert Sternberg defined practical intelligence as the ability to apply and implement solutions in everyday settings.

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Question 71

As environments become more similar, the heritability coefficient of intelligence decreases.

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Question 72

African and Asian cultures tend to include social cooperativeness in their conceptualization of intelligence.

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Question 73

Thurstone's primary mental abilities correspond to middle-level abilities in the three-level hierarchy.

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Question 74

Job performance correlates more highly with educational level attained than with intelligence.

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Question 75

Fraternal twins are also called monozygotic twins.

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Question 76

Absolute intelligence tends to increase over the course of an individual's lifetime.

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Question 77

Economic and social variables appear to account for most of the observed racial differences in intelligence.

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Question 78

Only stimulant drugs will produce neural changes conducive to enhanced learning and memory.

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Question 79

First-born children tend to have higher IQs because they receive more parental attention than their later-born siblings.

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Exam 10: Section 4 : Intelligence

The IQ correlation of biological siblings raised in different households is about the same as the IQ correlation of biological siblings raised in the same household, illustrating the role of genetics in influencing intelligence.

The heritability coefficient of intelligence is roughly .8.

The WAIS is a modern intelligence test commonly given to children.

Modern researchers typically use the ratio IQ for children and the deviation IQ for adults.

Gifted children, when they become adults, are more likely to make major contributions to their chosen occupations than people who are only slightly above average in intelligence.

One of the best predictors of intelligence is SES.

Steele and Aronson (1995) found that European American students perform better on tests if they are asked to report their race at the top of the answer sheet.

Differences in intelligence scores among racial groups probably are due to environmental factors.

Louis Thurstone did not believe in a general ability called intelligence.

Crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence are terms for the same underlying construct, which is known as practical intelligence.

Robert Sternberg defined practical intelligence as the ability to apply and implement solutions in everyday settings.

As environments become more similar, the heritability coefficient of intelligence decreases.

African and Asian cultures tend to include social cooperativeness in their conceptualization of intelligence.

Thurstone's primary mental abilities correspond to middle-level abilities in the three-level hierarchy.

Job performance correlates more highly with educational level attained than with intelligence.

Fraternal twins are also called monozygotic twins.

Absolute intelligence tends to increase over the course of an individual's lifetime.

Economic and social variables appear to account for most of the observed racial differences in intelligence.

Only stimulant drugs will produce neural changes conducive to enhanced learning and memory.

First-born children tend to have higher IQs because they receive more parental attention than their later-born siblings.

Section 1: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 3: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 5: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 6 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 1: Methods in Psychology

Section 2: Methods in Psychology

Section 3: Methods in Psychology

Section 4: Methods in Psychology

Section 5: Methods in Psychology

Section 6: Methods in Psychology

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 6: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1 : Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 6: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness

Section 2: Consciousness

Section 3: Consciousness

Section 4: Consciousness

Section 5: Consciousness

Section 6: Consciousness

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 6: Memory

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5 : Learning

Section 6: Learning

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation

Section 3: Emotion and Motivation

Section 4: Emotion and Motivation

Section 5: Emotion and Motivation

Section 6: Emotion and Motivation

Section 1: Language and Thought

Section 2: Language and Thought

Section 3: Language and Thought

Section 4: Language and Thought

Section 5: Language and Thought

Section 6: Language and Thought

Section 1: Intelligence

Section 2: Intelligence

Section 3: Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence

Section 6 : Intelligence