Deck 9: E: Intelligence Testing

Question 1

Most intelligence tests are normed so that the average mean)IQ is___________ , with a standard deviation of ____________

Answer 1

100 ,15

Question 2

Marcus is only 8 years old.However,his score on the Stanford-Binet test is the same as the average 10-year -ld.Therefore,Marcus' ____________is 10.

Answer 2

mental age

Question 3

Analytical,creative,and practical intelligence constitute Sternberg's____________ theory of intelligence.

Answer 3

triarchic

Question 4

One way to determine how specific genes influence behaviour is to breed mice that have had the gene removed from their genome.A research project using this technique is referred to as a____________ study.

Question 5

Charles Spearman used the letter g as an abbreviation for ____________.

Question 6

In healthy adults,____________does not decline very much in later adulthood,and may even increase.

Question 7

Children who hold an)____________theory of intelligence are more likely than other children to give up in the face of highly challenging problems.