Deck 10: Web Quiz 2

Question 1

Charlotte has a test on world capitals in her geography class.This test is an example of assessing _____ intelligence.

A)crystallized
B)fluid
C)practical
D)spatial

Answer 1

crystallized

Question 2

The BEST predictor of intelligence is:

A)race.
B)socioeconomic status.
C)whether or not a person is a college graduate.
D)how quickly a person talks.

Answer 2

socioeconomic status.

Question 3

Which statement describes a characteristic of emotionally intelligent people?

A)They can predict the types of emotions that his actions will trigger in others.
B)They put more effort into gauging other people's emotions.
C)They are hindered by emotions when performing tasks that require reasoning.
D)They lack assertiveness in uncomfortable situations.

Answer 3

They can predict the types of emotions that his actions will trigger in others.

Question 4

Simon and Binet developed the IQ test as a:

A)measure of the components of intelligence.
B)measure of a child's aptitude for learning.
C)justification for racial segregation.
D)measure of past academic achievement.

Question 5

_____ is the fear of confirming the negative beliefs that others may hold.

A)Stereotype threat
B)Xenophobia
C)Availability bias
D)The conjunction fallacy

Question 6

The _____ is a statistical measure that indicates how much people's IQ scores differ because of differences in their genes.

A)g factor
B)deviation IQ
C)heritability coefficient
D)ratio IQ

Question 7

How does the data-based approach discover middle-level abilities?

A)by analyzing the ability to solve novel problems
B)by analyzing the ability to apply knowledge gained in the past
C)by analyzing the correlation between performances on intelligence tests
D)by analyzing the correlation between IQ scores and physical age

Question 8

An IQ score is NOT correlated with:

A)job performance.
B)education.
C)income.
D)physical attractiveness.

Question 9

Nick works at a gift shop and wraps gifts all day.He has developed novel ways of combining scraps of wrapping paper for future use.This example BEST illustrates _____ intelligence.

A)analytical
B)inductive
C)practical
D)emotional

Question 10

In order to compare the IQ scores of children and adults in their respective age groups,researchers compute the _____ IQ for children and the _____ for adults.

A)ratio;Stanford-Binet
B)ratio;deviation IQ
C)deviation;ratio IQ
D)deviation;WAIS-IV

Question 11

Monozygotic twins share _____% of their genes,while dizygotic twins share _____%.

A)about 50;100
B)100;about 50
C)100;about 25
D)about 50;about 50

Question 12

Which psychologist proposed the existence of general intelligence (g)?

A)Alfred Binet
B)Charles Spearman
C)Louis Thurstone
D)William Stern