Question 1

A few single-letter words can be both

Accepted Answer

A)  morphemes and syntax. 
B)  semantics and syntax. 
C)  phonemes and morphemes. 
D)  phonemes and syntax.

Question 2

Dr. Kaesser has developed a test to measure an individual's persuasiveness. Determining whether this test really measures persuasiveness would be determining the test's

Accepted Answer

A)  reliability. 
B)  objectivity. 
C)  consistency. 
D)  validity.

Question 3

What is the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale?

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Question 4

Choose two of the following psychologists associated with research or testing of intelligence and compare and contrast their approaches: Binet, Thurstone, Wechsler, Terman, Gardner, Spearman, Guilford, and Sternberg.

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The answer of Choose two of the following psychologists associated...

Question 5

The fact that we fail to see a new or novel function of an object we have used previously is called

Accepted Answer

A)  positive test strategy. 
B)  conformational bias. 
C)  means-ends fixity. 
D)  functional fixedness.

Question 6

According to the text, IQ tests are

Accepted Answer

A)  poorly correlated with any other measure of achievement. 
B)  good predictors of success in life but not in school. 
C)  good predictors of motivation but not success. 
D)  good predictors of success in school.

Question 7

Pat has been taught in special schools all of her life. Now she spends part of her day in a regular classroom and part of her day in a special classroom. Which scenario most likely applies to Pat?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pat has an intellectual disability and has recently been mainstreamed. 
B)  Pat is intellectually superior and has recently been mainstreamed. 
C)  Pat is a wheelchair user. 
D)  Pat is bilingual.

Question 8

People who are able to make the most of whatever environment they are in and who can survive by capitalizing on their strengths and compensating for their weaknesses probably have a great deal of what Robert Sternberg calls

Accepted Answer

A)  componential intelligence. 
B)  contextual intelligence. 
C)  crystallized intelligence. 
D)  experiential intelligence.

Question 9

Which of the following is least useful as a prototype of the category "bird"?

Accepted Answer

A)  robin 
B)  penguin 
C)  blue jay 
D)  cardinal

Question 10

Which of the following approaches suggests that we form concepts by selecting an example that embodies the most common characteristics and most typical features of the concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  the prototype approach 
B)  the positive and negative instance approach 
C)  the exemplar approach 
D)  the systematic or formal approach

Question 11

Which of the following tests is not a group test?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Test 
B)  The California Test of Mental Maturity 
C)  The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale 
D)  the Cognitive Abilities Test

Question 12

In his study of geniuses, Lewis Terman assumed that intelligence was fixed at birth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence