Question 1

Rosa is shopping in a new supermarket and wants to find a specific type of mustard.Which problem-solving strategy that is sometimes a barrier to achieving solutions would be most efficient?

Accepted Answer

A) algorithm 
B) heuristic 
C) instinct 
D) mental set

Question 2

________ says that intelligence is composed of analytic, creative, and practical intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences 
B) Sternberg's triarchic theory of successful intelligence 
C) Thurstone's theory of distinct mental abilities 
D) Guilford's theory of fluid and crystallized intelligence

Question 3

According to the theory of ________, there are multiple types of intelligence that include spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, and interpersonal intelligences, among others.

Accepted Answer

A) Gardner 
B) Sternberg 
C) Thurstone 
D) Guilford

Question 4

The first IQ test to be used widely in the U.S.was the _________.

Accepted Answer

A) Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 
B) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 
C) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale 
D) Kaufmann Assessment Battery for Children

Question 5

The Flynn Effect refers to the increase in IQ scores over the years, and may be due to _________.

Accepted Answer

A) improved public education 
B) people caring less about the importance of testing 
C) teachers giving students test answers 
D) score inflation on standardized tests

Question 6

All of the following are examples of concepts EXCEPT _________.

Accepted Answer

A) trees 
B) tools 
C) blue 
D) umbrellas

Question 7

To the delight of her parents, Mosee has just begun to produce vowel sounds known as _____, while Farina is delighting her parents by emitting vowel-consonant combinations, which is called _________.

Accepted Answer

A) vocalizing; cooing 
B) cooing; babbling 
C) babbling; cooing 
D) vocalizing; babbling

Question 8

The part of the brain that controls language comprehension is called ________ area.

Accepted Answer

A) Broca's 
B) Wernicke's 
C) Broadmann's 
D) Gardner's

Question 9

Brain activity is ________ correlated with intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) negatively 
B) positively 
C) highly 
D) not

Question 10

Based on most people's prototype for fruit, which of the following would take longer to classify?

Accepted Answer

A) An orange 
B) An apple 
C) Grapes 
D) An avocado

Question 11

Regarding creativity, the word "flexibility" means being able to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) discuss your ideas openly and easily 
B) shifting with ease between problem solving strategies 
C) successfully avoid functional fixedness 
D) generate a large number of solutions

Question 12

Intellectual disability applies to an individual with significant deficits in adaptive functioning and a score at or below around ________ on a standard IQ test.

Accepted Answer

A) 50 
B) 60 
C) 70 
D) 80

Question 13

People with an intellectual disability who demonstrate exceptional ability or brilliance in some specific areas are called _________.

Accepted Answer

A) savants 
B) "idiot" geniuses 
C) mildly disabled 
D) connoisseurs

Question 14

Which of the following persons is NOT using a mental image?

Accepted Answer

A) Karen is savoring her memory of the chocolate truffle she ate last night. 
B) Rasheed is reading material in the textbook for the first time as he studies for his class. 
C) Jamila is mentally reviewing the pitch and timbre of the notes in the new song she rehearsed last night. 
D) Farique is smugly picturing his new Ferrari.

Question 15

Mrs.Jones tells her calculus students that each problem has "one and only one" answer, and that the point of the exam is to solve for that one answer.She is promoting the use of ________ thinking in her classroom.

Accepted Answer

A) convergent 
B) individual 
C) divergent 
D) numerical

Question 16

Your authors make the point that intelligence is not a thing.Instead, they identify intelligence as a hypothetical abstract _________.

Accepted Answer

A) concept 
B) verbalization 
C) construct 
D) idea

Question 17

Before a new product arrives in the store, a manufacturer goes through several stages including designing, building, testing a prototype, setting up a production line, and so on.This approach is called _________.

Accepted Answer

A) working backward 
B) means-end analysis 
C) divergent thinking 
D) creating subgoals

Question 18

Physicians, teachers, musicians, and politicians continue to work well into old age largely due to ________ intelligence, which tends to increase over time.

Accepted Answer

A) creative 
B) fluid 
C) crystallized 
D) natural

Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence