Exam 8: B: Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition

Nick has an IQ of 150. Nick would be considered

With increasing age,

Daniel Goleman, author of a bestselling book on emotional intelligence (EI), has argued that EI can be the key to

Thurstone and Thurstone's work on intelligence

Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences is based on all of the following EXCEPT

Modern definitions of giftedness differ from the traditional definition of giftedness in that modern definitions of giftedness

To be considered intellectually gifted, an individual must receive an IQ score of ________ or greater on an intelligence test.

Research with adopted children

Dr. Jones claims that there is a "g", a general factor for intelligence. In an effort to support his claim, he gave several different tests to many people. Which of the following results would support his claim?

Understanding learning disabilities is complicated because

Which of the following is NOT one of the intelligences proposed by Gardner?

________ include test items based on experiences common to many cultures.

Roughly ______% of North American children are classified as learning disabled.

If intelligence is made up of three distinct abilities as Sternberg predicted, then scores from tests that measure these different abilities

It would NOT be appropriate to administer the Stanford-Binet intelligence test to

Learning disabilities

Test scores of many economically disadvantaged children can improve considerably when these children

Which of the following statements BEST describes hereditary and environmental influences on intelligence?

The ability to systematically look at problems and generate different solutions is known as

Tests that measure a child's learning potential by having them learn something new are called