Question 1

If an older female relative of yours took estrogen replacement therapy to treat the negative effects of menopause, what could be a beneficial side effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  improved auditory and verbal memory 
B)  improved verbal and visual memory 
C)  larger visual and working memory capacity 
D)  larger working and procedural memory capacity

Question 2

For the most part, the term "intelligence" can be defined as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the capacity for learning, reasoning, and understanding 
B)  doing things differently as we get older 
C)  what IQ tests measure 
D)  the cognitive abilities we are born with

Question 3

The controversial beliefs that IQ scores have a genetic basis and that there are ethnic differences in average IQ score are held by extreme ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  geneticists 
B)  hereditarians 
C)  polyglotists 
D)  numismatics

Question 4

What is the correct term used to refer to someone with a developmental limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  ADHD 
B)  autism 
C)  aging 
D)  intellectual disability

Question 5

Which of the following is FALSE when attempting to explain the higher incidence of ASD in males?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boys with ASD more often show very long copy number variations on genes compared to girls with ASD. 
B)  It takes more genetic mutations to produce ASD in females compared to boys. 
C)  Levels of the RORA protein are higher in otherwise healthy females compared to otherwise healthy males. 
D)  Autistic adults show a gender difference in the patterns of white and gray matter increases.

Question 6

Juan lives in the affluent neighborhood in Louisburg Square, Boston. Meanwhile, his identical twin Jose lives in a lower-class, diverse neighborhood in Roxbury. If Juan had a higher IQ score than Jose, this would be evidence to support ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  the genetic basis of intelligence 
B)  the environmental influence on intelligence 
C)  both the genetic basis of intelligence and the environmental influence on intelligence 
D)  neither the genetic basis of intelligence nor the environmental influence on intelligence

Question 7

Research has found that during the Zika virus epidemic, all of the reported infants born to an infected mother showed signs of microcephaly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following animals has never been shown to use objects as tools?

Accepted Answer

A)  chimps 
B)  crows 
C)  cats 
D)  birds

Question 9

DNA methylation has been shown to differ between subjects with Down syndrome and otherwise healthy controls by ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  more than 5% 
B)  less than 5% 
C)  more than 10% 
D)  less than 10%

Question 10

Robert Sternberg, who compared the verbal SAT scores of presidential candidates in 2000, argued that ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  intelligence tests measure a general, underlying factor of cognitive ability that contributes to specific mental skills 
B)  intelligence tests are completely useless 
C)  intelligence is how a culture defines people's ability to succeed 
D)  tests that measure practical intelligence are better than traditional intelligence tests

Question 11

Discuss the relationship of genetics and intelligence.

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Which test do many theorists prefer to use as a measure of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  the original Stanford-Binet test 
B)  the Raven Progressive Matrices 
C)  the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 
D)  the Wechsler Child Intelligence Scale

Question 13

If you were doing some basic arithmetic to figure out how much money to tip a server for good (15%) or excellent (20%) service in your head, what part of your brain would be most active?

Accepted Answer

A)  both parietal lobes 
B)  left prefrontal cortex 
C)  insular cortex 
D)  anterior cingulate cortex

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the difficulties in determining which environmental factors contribute to intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  There are too many possible environmental influences. 
B)  The influence of just one environmental factor is weak. 
C)  Environmental effects are often confounded with genetic factors. 
D)  Research has not determined a valid and reliable way to measure environmental influences.

Question 15

Which of following is NOT correlated with increases in autism?

Accepted Answer

A)  parental treatment and abuse 
B)  traffic pollution 
C)  environmental toxins that trigger genital malformation in males 
D)  none of these

Question 16

A strain of mice engineered with a third copy of a critical chromosome 21 region produced ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  less of two proteins that support neural survival 
B)  toxins that caused a buildup of neurofibrillary tangles 
C)  an abnormally high amount of dihydrotestosterone 
D)  symptoms that mimicked Korsakoff's syndrome

Question 17

In a mouse model of Down syndrome, what happened to pregnant mice when they were treated with proteins that support neuron survival?

Accepted Answer

A)  The treatment did not have a significant positive effect on their offspring. 
B)  The treatment slowed down the developmental delays observed in their offspring. 
C)  The treatment eliminated the developmental delays that would usually be observed in their offspring. 
D)  The treatment showed positive effects in early development, but it was not long term.

Question 18

A savant can be described as someone with exceptional intellectual skills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which latest virus outbreak became a serious concern when babies born to infected mothers showed smaller-than-normal brains?

Accepted Answer

A)  yellow fever 
B)  Zika 
C)  malaria 
D)  H1N1

Question 20

In an attempt to reconcile opposing findings in regard to how much connectivity occurs in the autistic brain, it has been suggested that ______ occurs in milder cases of ASD, while ______ occurs in more severe cases.

Accepted Answer

A)  temporal-frontal overconnectivity; occipital underconnectivity 
B)  frontal overconnectivity; temporal-occipital underconnectivity 
C)  temporal-occipital overconnectivity; frontal underconnectivity 
D)  frontal underconnectivity; temporal-occipital overconnectivity

Exam 13: Intelligence and Cognitive Functioning

If an older female relative of yours took estrogen replacement therapy to treat the negative effects of menopause, what could be a beneficial side effect?

For the most part, the term "intelligence" can be defined as ______.

The controversial beliefs that IQ scores have a genetic basis and that there are ethnic differences in average IQ score are held by extreme ______.

What is the correct term used to refer to someone with a developmental limitation in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior?

Which of the following is FALSE when attempting to explain the higher incidence of ASD in males?

Juan lives in the affluent neighborhood in Louisburg Square, Boston. Meanwhile, his identical twin Jose lives in a lower-class, diverse neighborhood in Roxbury. If Juan had a higher IQ score than Jose, this would be evidence to support ______.

Research has found that during the Zika virus epidemic, all of the reported infants born to an infected mother showed signs of microcephaly.

Which of the following animals has never been shown to use objects as tools?

DNA methylation has been shown to differ between subjects with Down syndrome and otherwise healthy controls by ______.

Robert Sternberg, who compared the verbal SAT scores of presidential candidates in 2000, argued that ______.

Discuss the relationship of genetics and intelligence.

Which test do many theorists prefer to use as a measure of intelligence?

If you were doing some basic arithmetic to figure out how much money to tip a server for good (15%) or excellent (20%) service in your head, what part of your brain would be most active?

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the difficulties in determining which environmental factors contribute to intelligence?

Which of following is NOT correlated with increases in autism?

A strain of mice engineered with a third copy of a critical chromosome 21 region produced ______.

In a mouse model of Down syndrome, what happened to pregnant mice when they were treated with proteins that support neuron survival?

A savant can be described as someone with exceptional intellectual skills.

Which latest virus outbreak became a serious concern when babies born to infected mothers showed smaller-than-normal brains?

In an attempt to reconcile opposing findings in regard to how much connectivity occurs in the autistic brain, it has been suggested that occurs in milder cases of ASD, while occurs in more severe cases.