Question 1

Which of these is the best predictor of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) age 
B) socioeconomic status 
C) gender 
D) education 
A) age 
B) socioeconomic status 
C) gender 
D) education

Question 2

The heritability coefficient of intelligence:

Accepted Answer

A) is an unchanging constant across all cultures. 
B) can estimate how much of an individual's intelligence is due to genetic factors. 
C) can be applied meaningfully only to populations. 
D) is typically larger among children than adults. 
A) is an unchanging constant across all cultures. 
B) can estimate how much of an individual's intelligence is due to genetic factors. 
C) can be applied meaningfully only to populations. 
D) is typically larger among children than adults.

Question 3

In the three-level hierarchy of mental ability, group factors are:

Accepted Answer

A) middle-level abilities similar to Thurstone's primary mental abilities. 
B) top-level factors similar to Spearman's g. 
C) middle-level abilities similar to Spearman's s. 
D) third-level factors similar to Thurstone's primary mental abilities. 
A) middle-level abilities similar to Thurstone's primary mental abilities. 
B) top-level factors similar to Spearman's g. 
C) middle-level abilities similar to Spearman's s. 
D) third-level factors similar to Thurstone's primary mental abilities.

Question 4

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of emotionally intelligent people?

Accepted Answer

A) They have better romantic relationships. 
B) They tend to be happy and satisfied with their lives. 
C) They usually outlive people with lower emotional intelligence. 
D) They have better workplace relationships. 
A) They have better romantic relationships. 
B) They tend to be happy and satisfied with their lives. 
C) They usually outlive people with lower emotional intelligence. 
D) They have better workplace relationships.

Question 5

_____ intelligence is the ability to see abstract relationships and draw logical inferences.

Accepted Answer

A) General 
B) Practical 
C) Crystallized 
D) Fluid 
A) General 
B) Practical 
C) Crystallized 
D) Fluid

Question 6

Which statement about emotionally intelligent people is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) They know what kinds of emotions a particular event will trigger. 
B) They can identify, describe, and manage their emotions. 
C) They use their emotions to make better decisions. 
D) They exhibit high levels of neural activity when solving emotional problems. 
A) They know what kinds of emotions a particular event will trigger. 
B) They can identify, describe, and manage their emotions. 
C) They use their emotions to make better decisions. 
D) They exhibit high levels of neural activity when solving emotional problems.

Question 7

Which statement about siblings with significantly different IQs is true?

Accepted Answer

A) The less intelligent sibling will earn approximately half the income as the more intelligent sibling. 
B) Despite differing in intelligence, the siblings will receive approximately the same number of years of education. 
C) Despite differing in intelligence, siblings will earn approximately the same income. 
D) The less intelligent sibling will tend to have a faster reaction time on basic tasks than the more intelligent sibling. 
A) The less intelligent sibling will earn approximately half the income as the more intelligent sibling. 
B) Despite differing in intelligence, the siblings will receive approximately the same number of years of education. 
C) Despite differing in intelligence, siblings will earn approximately the same income. 
D) The less intelligent sibling will tend to have a faster reaction time on basic tasks than the more intelligent sibling.

Question 8

Cognitive speediness is best classified as what kind of ability?

Accepted Answer

A) general 
B) middle-level 
C) specific 
D) fluid intelligence 
A) general 
B) middle-level 
C) specific 
D) fluid intelligence

Question 9

The ability to understand words and sentences corresponds to the primary mental ability of:

Accepted Answer

A) intelligence. 
B) word fluency. 
C) verbal comprehension. 
D) reasoning. 
A) intelligence. 
B) word fluency. 
C) verbal comprehension. 
D) reasoning.

Question 10

The main reason why intelligent people earn much more money that those with less intelligence is that they:

Accepted Answer

A) get more education. 
B) are more impatient. 
C) are poor at calculating risk. 
D) tend not to marry. 
A) get more education. 
B) are more impatient. 
C) are poor at calculating risk. 
D) tend not to marry.

Question 11

The correlation between a person's score on a standard intelligence test and his or her academic performance is roughly _____ across a wide range of people and situations.

Accepted Answer

A) r = .3 
B) r = .5 
C) r = .7 
D) r = .9 
A) r = .3 
B) r = .5 
C) r = .7 
D) r = .9

Question 12

Part of the interview process for hiring new workers in the wood mill includes testing each worker's ability to demonstrate strategies on how to make the first cuts on a piece of lumber. The manager of the mill believes that the result of this work-related test predicts future job performance. The manager most likely subscribes to _____ theory of intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) Thurstone's 
B) Carroll's 
C) Sternberg's 
D) Spearman's 
A) Thurstone's 
B) Carroll's 
C) Sternberg's 
D) Spearman's

Question 13

Louis Thurstone disagreed with Charles Spearman, instead believing there are a few stable and independent mental abilities that include all of the these EXCEPT _____ ability.

Accepted Answer

A) perceptual 
B) general 
C) verbal 
D) numerical 
A) perceptual 
B) general 
C) verbal 
D) numerical

Question 14

Leslie and Shannon are monozygotic twins. Which statement about Leslie and Shannon is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) If Leslie is a male, Shannon must be a male. 
B) Leslie and Shannon share 50 percent of their genes. 
C) Leslie and Shannon are identical twins. 
D) Leslie and Shannon developed from the splitting of a single egg. 
A) If Leslie is a male, Shannon must be a male. 
B) Leslie and Shannon share 50 percent of their genes. 
C) Leslie and Shannon are identical twins. 
D) Leslie and Shannon developed from the splitting of a single egg.

Question 15

Someone who is able to identify and define problems and to find strategies for solving them has what Robert Sternberg called _____ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) analytic 
B) crystallized 
C) practical 
D) inductive 
A) analytic 
B) crystallized 
C) practical 
D) inductive

Question 16

Many people mistakenly believe that "genetic" is a synonym for:

Accepted Answer

A) inherited. 
B) natural. 
C) unchangeable. 
D) inborn. 
A) inherited. 
B) natural. 
C) unchangeable. 
D) inborn.

Question 17

If we think of the brain as a machine that uses old information to produce new information, then _____ intelligence refers to the way the machine runs, and _____ intelligence refers to the information it uses and produces.

Accepted Answer

A) fluid; crystallized 
B) crystallized; practical 
C) creative; fluid 
D) practical; creative 
A) fluid; crystallized 
B) crystallized; practical 
C) creative; fluid 
D) practical; creative

Question 18

The heritability coefficient of intelligence is roughly 0.5, meaning:

Accepted Answer

A) 50 percent of intelligence is due to genetics, and 50 percent is due to environmental factors. 
B) 50 percent of intelligence is due to genetics, and 50 percent is due to unspecified factors. 
C) intelligence is completely determined by genes in 50 percent of the population. 
D) about 50 percent of the variability in intelligence scores can be explained by genetic differences. 
A) 50 percent of intelligence is due to genetics, and 50 percent is due to environmental factors. 
B) 50 percent of intelligence is due to genetics, and 50 percent is due to unspecified factors. 
C) intelligence is completely determined by genes in 50 percent of the population. 
D) about 50 percent of the variability in intelligence scores can be explained by genetic differences.

Question 19

Sir Francis Galton studied _____ and concluded that intelligence is largely determined by _____.

Accepted Answer

A) identical twins; environment 
B) eminent families; heredity 
C) poor families; environment 
D) identical twins; heredity 
A) identical twins; environment 
B) eminent families; heredity 
C) poor families; environment 
D) identical twins; heredity

Question 20

Modern intelligence tests:

Accepted Answer

A) remain highly culturally biased. 
B) favor non-White individuals. 
C) have few, if any, questions with a clear cultural bias. 
D) do not use nonverbal items. 
A) remain highly culturally biased. 
B) favor non-White individuals. 
C) have few, if any, questions with a clear cultural bias. 
D) do not use nonverbal items.

Exam 10: Section 2: Intelligence

Which of these is the best predictor of intelligence?

The heritability coefficient of intelligence:

In the three-level hierarchy of mental ability, group factors are:

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of emotionally intelligent people?

_____ intelligence is the ability to see abstract relationships and draw logical inferences.

Which statement about emotionally intelligent people is FALSE?

Which statement about siblings with significantly different IQs is true?

Cognitive speediness is best classified as what kind of ability?

The ability to understand words and sentences corresponds to the primary mental ability of:

The main reason why intelligent people earn much more money that those with less intelligence is that they:

The correlation between a person's score on a standard intelligence test and his or her academic performance is roughly _____ across a wide range of people and situations.

Louis Thurstone disagreed with Charles Spearman, instead believing there are a few stable and independent mental abilities that include all of the these EXCEPT _____ ability.

Leslie and Shannon are monozygotic twins. Which statement about Leslie and Shannon is FALSE?

Someone who is able to identify and define problems and to find strategies for solving them has what Robert Sternberg called _____ intelligence.

Many people mistakenly believe that "genetic" is a synonym for:

If we think of the brain as a machine that uses old information to produce new information, then _____ intelligence refers to the way the machine runs, and _____ intelligence refers to the information it uses and produces.

The heritability coefficient of intelligence is roughly 0.5, meaning:

Sir Francis Galton studied _____ and concluded that intelligence is largely determined by _____.

Modern intelligence tests:

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 3: Intelligence

Section 4 : Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence

Section 6 : Intelligence

Section 1: Development

If we think of the brain as a machine that uses old information to produce new information, then _ intelligence refers to the way the machine runs, and _ intelligence refers to the information it uses and produces.

Sir Francis Galton studied _ and concluded that intelligence is largely determined by _.