Question 1

Crystallized intelligence develops:

Accepted Answer

A)  independent of education.
B)  based on one's culture.
C)  from chemical reactions.
D)  from biological evolution. B

Question 2

The correlation of intelligence test scores between identical twins is

Accepted Answer

A)  higher when they are raised together than when they are raised apart.
B)  lower than that for fraternal twins raised together.
C)  the same as that for any other blood relatives.
D)  the same whether they are reared together or apart. A

Question 3

The global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the environment is known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  intelligence
B)  achievement
C)  aptitude
D)  autism A

Question 4

Which construct from Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence includes the ability to find the best fit between the individual and the environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  creative
B)  practical
C)  incremental
D)  linguistic

Question 5

Who has regarded intelligence as a capacity of the organism to adjust itself to an increasingly complex environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  guilford
B)  jensen
C)  spencer
D)  gallon

Question 6

Two-factory of intelligence was advanced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  galton
B)  carl spearman
C)  spencer
D)  terman

Question 7

Which of the following constructs of intelligence is proposed by Gardner?

Accepted Answer

A)  bodily kinesthetic
B)  biopsychological
C)  crystallized
D)  cultural

Question 8

Experiments involving infants' perception of 3-D figures, when combined with visual cliff data, suggest that

Accepted Answer

A)  at least some level of depth perception is innate.
B)  depth perception is heavily dependent on skillful motor coordination.
C)  depth perception is almost entirely learn

Question 9

Which of the following is considered a monocular cue for depth?

Accepted Answer

A)  convergence
B)  accommodation
C)  depth perspective
D)  singularity

Question 10

According to the interference theory of forgetting,

Accepted Answer

A)  memory capacity is limited so that when new information is brought in, older memories must be removed.
B)  new learning can inhibit the retrieval of stored memory, and vice-versa.
C)  forgetting is directly related to the complexity and meaningfulness of the incoming information.
D)  cues present at the time of learning interfere with memory retrieval.

Question 11

The first intelligence test was constructed at the bequest of a western government in order to identify children who were:

Accepted Answer

A)   gifted
B)  mentally retarded.
C)  socially challeng

Question 12

The kind of memory that lasts for only a second or two is

Accepted Answer

A)  long-term memory.
B)  short-term memory.
C)  eidetic memory.
D)  sensory memory.

Question 13

J.P. Guilford's multifactor theory is a

Accepted Answer

A)  two-dimensional theory
B)  three-dimensional theory
C)  four-dimensional theory
D)  none of the above

Question 14

When traveling in a car, near objects seem to move past you faster than distant objects. This is called

Accepted Answer

A)  aerial perspective.
B)  linear perspective.
C)  relative size.
D)  relative motion.

Question 15

The most basic perceptual organization is

Accepted Answer

A)  shape constancy.
B)  depth perception.
C)  figure-grou

Question 16

Vernon has proposed that elements of G- factor theory and the multifactor theories can be combined to form a/an:

Accepted Answer

A)  monarchic theory
B)  unitary theory
C)  hierarchical theory
D)  anarchic theory

Question 17

Evolutionary explanations for the efficiency of memory argue

Accepted Answer

A)  it is important to retrieve all past memories.
B)  total recall would paralyze us mentally.
C)  past episodic memories are highly accurate and detail

Question 18

Culture-free tests of intelligence were developed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  galton
B)  spencer
C)  cattell
D)  wechsler

Question 19

__________ memory is that part of long-term memory containing factual information.

Accepted Answer

A)  episodic
B)  semantic
C)  declarative
D)  procedural

Question 20

Guilford's cubical model provides for:

Accepted Answer

A)  150 factors of intelligence
B)  120 factors of intelligence
C)  125 factors of intelligence
D)  130 factors of intelligence

Exam 1: Cognitive Psychology: Perception, Memory, and Intelligence