Question 1

Who adapted the Binet-Simon Intelligence Test for American use and established norms for the test?

Accepted Answer

A) Alfred Binet 
B) Henry Goddard 
C) Theodore Simon 
D) Lewis Terman 
E) Ira Stanford

Question 2

Anna has the ability to apply what she knows to her everyday life. Her friends say that Anna is "street smart." The triarchic theory of intelligence would label Anna as having ______ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) multiple 
B) analytic 
C) emotional 
D) creative 
E) practical

Question 3

A given trait has a heritability of 75 percent. This means

Accepted Answer

A) 75 percent of people show a genetic inheritance for the trait. 
B) 75 percent of the genes associated with the trait have been identified. 
C) 75 percent of the trait is genetically controlled. 
D) 75 percent of the variability among people on the trait can be explained by genetic factors. 
E) people have a 75 percent chance of inheriting the trait when the gene is present.

Question 4

Intelligence consisting of seven different primary mental abilities was proposed by

Accepted Answer

A) Charles Spearman. 
B) Louis Thurstone. 
C) Howard Gardner. 
D) Alfred Binet. 
E) Robert Sternberg.

Question 5

According to the text, creative problem solving begins with

Accepted Answer

A) testing out possible solutions. 
B) adopting a questioning attitude. 
C) gathering information. 
D) generating alternatives. 
E) avoiding getting stuck in mental sets.

Question 6

In Binet's method of intelligence testing, the age at which a child's performance peaked was considered his or her

Accepted Answer

A) chronological age. 
B) intelligence quotient. 
C) mental age. 
D) intellectual age. 
E) deviation IQ.

Question 7

Discuss algorithms and heuristics as problem-solving strategies.

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

Concepts function to do all but which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) help us bring a sense of order to our world 
B) make us better able to anticipate and predict future events 
C) help us respond more quickly to events 
D) reduce the need for new learning each time we encounter a familiar object or event 
E) enable us to engage in mental imagery.

Question 9

Among a large group of adopted children, the IQ scores of the children are predicted to be

Accepted Answer

A) more similar to those of their biological parents than their adoptive parents. 
B) more similar to those of their adoptive parents than their biological parents. 
C) as similar to those of their adoptive parents as to their biological parents. 
D) unrelated to those of their adoptive parents. 
E) unrelated to those of their biological parents.

Question 10

The mental representation and manipulation of information is

Accepted Answer

A) learning. 
B) memory. 
C) sensation. 
D) thinking. 
E) perception.

Question 11

Tara has experienced severe delays in all areas of development, though she has learned some basic speech skills. Her doctors think she may be able to learn some simple tasks, but she will require fairly close supervision in everything she does. Tara is best described as having _____.

Accepted Answer

A) profound disability 
B) severe disability 
C) moderate disability 
D) mild disability 
E) non-functional disability

Question 12

Your text mentions a young woman who headed home before finishing a college tour after noticing a student who was wearing unfashionable shoes. This woman was using the representativeness heuristic by assuming that

Accepted Answer

A) a sample represented the larger population. 
B) easily recalled examples represented more prevalent categories. 
C) more people agreed with her than actually did. 
D) her point of view was unique. 
E) her initial hypothesis was correct despite evidence against it.

Question 13

In the history of intelligence tests, which event is the most recent?

Accepted Answer

A) development of the deviation IQ 
B) use of group-administered intelligence tests in the U.S. Army 
C) development of a mental quotient 
D) development of norms for the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale 
E) development of the intelligence quotient

Question 14

Cognitive psychologists are likely to study all but which of the following topics?

Accepted Answer

A) language 
B) development across the life span 
C) thinking 
D) problem solving 
E) information processing

Question 15

Esther scores 130 on a test of intelligence. Esther's score corresponds to the ______ percentile of the population.

Accepted Answer

A) 50th 
B) 60th 
C) 72nd 
D) 80th 
E) 98th

Question 16

Pascal has a mental age of 15 and a chronological age of 20. Using the IQ formula from the text, Pascal's IQ would be described as

Accepted Answer

A) below average. 
B) average. 
C) slightly above average. 
D) significantly above average. 
E) none of these; it cannot be determined with the information provided.

Question 17

Which heuristic involves starting with a possible solution and then working in reverse order to see if the data support the solution?

Accepted Answer

A) insight heuristic 
B) creating subgoals 
C) means-end heuristic 
D) backward-working heuristic 
E) functional fixedness

Question 18

Outline the keys to becoming a creative problem solver.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Louise is a 35-year-old woman with intellectual disability. She has the reading and math skills of a normal sixth grader. She can function fairly independently and has a productive job. Her level of intellectual disability is most likely described as ____.

Accepted Answer

A) mild 
B) moderate 
C) severe 
D) profound 
E) serious

Question 20

Regarding human language development, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Although all children experience the same stages of language development, there is a great variety in the ordering of the stages, as well as the ages at which the stages occur, depending on the culture. 
B) Children naturally acquire language by listening to the speech of others, long before they learn rules of grammar as part of their formal education. 
C) By about 2.5 years of age, the average child speaks in full sentences and has a vocabulary over 500 words. 
D) Scientists are now beginning to locate genes involved in the development of brain mechanisms responsible for language and speech. 
E) Parents can help children develop language skills by talking and reading to them frequently, as well as by demonstrating proper language use and rewarding children for imitating it.

Exam 7: Thinking Language and Intelligence