Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Subtest scores on the WAIS have proven to have practical and clinical value, such as indicating a specific learning disability.

Stereotype threat refers to the phenomenon that occurs when members of a group are aware of a negative stereotype about the group and fear that they will be judged in terms of that stereotype.

During World War I, the U.S. military developed the _____ to screen millions of recruits.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding language?

Kahal has very conservative political beliefs, and he prefers listening to radio talk shows and reading magazines that are consistent with his views. Kahal's tendency to search only for information and evidence that support his perspective illustrates the:

Can nonhuman animals think? Do they consciously reason? Such questions may be unanswerable. Describe the approach that contemporary comparative psychologists take today instead.

_____ is sometimes most likely to block insight in areas in which you are already knowledgeable or well trained.

According to the In Focus box "Neurodiversity: Beyond IQ," intellectual disability is a disorder:

_____ is a measure of general intelligence that is derived by comparing an individual's score to scores of others in the same age group.

Thinking involves manipulating mental representations of information in order to draw inferences and conclusions.

Faced with a wide variety of computers to choose from, Mary first eliminated all models that would not fit comfortably on her desk. Next, she eliminated all models costing more than $1,000. Finally, she eliminated all models without a full year's warranty. It appears that Mary used the _____ of decision making.

It is now generally recognized that it is virtually impossible to design a test that is completely culture-free because ability tests reflect the values, knowledge, and communication strategies of their culture of origin.

The Flynn effect provides support for the influence of genes in determining IQ scores.

Balanced proficiency refers to being equally proficient in two languages.

Your text describes a classic study in which participants memorized a simple map, and then researchers measured how long it took participants to mentally scan from one location to another across a mental image of that map. What was the main conclusion of the research study?

In the In Focus box, "Does a High IQ Score Predict Success in Life?" what was the general conclusion, based upon the research of Lewis Terman and Melita Oden with the genius-level children who grew up to be genius-level adults?

When decisions are complex and involve the comparison of many options, each with multiple features, people usually use:

According to some psychologists, there is a heritability estimate of about 50 percent for intelligence in the general population. This statement means that:

When LaToya got her new computer, she carefully followed the steps described in the manual, and by the end of the evening her new computer was up and running. LaToya used:

Although his intelligence tests were popular while he was alive, Wechsler's intelligence tests are no longer used today.