Question 1

The best summary statement regarding the role of heredity on human intelligence is that

Accepted Answer

A) heredity may impose upper limits on intelligence. 
B) heredity may impose lower limits on intelligence. 
C) intelligence is almost completely related to genetic inheritance. 
D) the similarity in iq scores among maternal relatives is greater than that among

Question 2

The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Accepted Answer

A) was specifically designed to test adult intelligence. 
B) provides separate scores for performance intelligence and verbal intelligence. 
C) is completely culturally fair, in that children of different cultures do just as well as children in this culture. 
D) assumes that intellectual ability in childhood improves as age increases.

Question 3

__________ is known for memorizing nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of forgetting.

Accepted Answer

A) luria 
B) mnemonic 
C) ebbinghaus 
D) loftus

Question 4

Speed of processing has been measured by which of the following techniques?

Accepted Answer

A) the number of mistakes a person makes 
B) the amount of time a person needs to clap their hands when instructed 
C) the brain activity that follows exposure to a stimulus 
D) how quickly a person can blink their eyes after being told to do so

Question 5

Which intelligence theorist did/does not believe that environment plays a role in the development of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) sternberg 
B) cattell 
C) bandura 
D) spearman

Question 6

If you wanted to enhance creativity, you would want to

Accepted Answer

A) isolate yourself. 
B) make a rash decision. 
C) dig deeper into a problem with logic. 
D) look for analogies.

Question 7

The concept of "Intelligence Quotient" was devised by a German psychologist:

Accepted Answer

A) spencer 
B) stern 
C) thurstone 
D) e. g. boring

Question 8

__________ memory is that part of long-term memory made up of conditioned responses and learned skills.

Accepted Answer

A) episodic 
B) semantic 
C) fact 
D) skill

Question 9

According to Goleman the ability to "read" others accurately is an aspect of

Accepted Answer

A) emotional intelligence 
B) practical intelligence 
C) artificial intelligence 
D) inter-personal intelligence

Question 10

Thought that involves going from general principles to specific situations is called __________ reasoning.

Accepted Answer

A) deductive 
B) inductive 
C) divergent 
D) intuitive

Question 11

Which of the following is true of rehearsal of information?

Accepted Answer

A) rehearsal is an aid to maintaining information in sensory memory. 
B) after 45 seconds without rehearsal, information is gone from stm. 
C) rehearsal interferes with chunking and recoding of information in stm. 
D) rehearsal aids the transfer of information from stm to ltm.

Question 12

Who proposed that the g factor represents the highest-order common factor among individual differences in IQ?

Accepted Answer

A) chomsky 
B) spearman 
C) skinner 
D) binet

Question 13

Who viewed that intelligence is an adaptive process that involves an interplay of biological maturation and interaction with the environment?

Accepted Answer

A) david wechsler 
B) jean piaget 
C) lewis terman 
D) jerome bruner

Question 14

According to Sternberg, the ability to analyze and evaluate ideas, solve problems, and make decisions is best described as

Accepted Answer

A) logical intelligence. 
B) analytical intelligence. 
C) practical intelligence. 
D) essential intelligence.

Question 15

Cross-cultural studies during the last thirty years show

Accepted Answer

A) virtually no changes in measured intelligence. 
B) iq gains of about 5 points. 
C) evidence of genetic drift. 
D) iq gains that are typically 15 points.

Question 16

The term "g-factor," written about by Neisser, refers to

Accepted Answer

A) generation factors. 
B) general abilities. 
C) gardner factors. 
D) group factors.

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