Question 1

In Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences there are types of intelligence not usual in psychological theory, such as linguistic, logical-mathematical and spatial intelligences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Gardner's theory of intelligence is considered to be a __________ theory.

Accepted Answer

A)  biological 
B)  information-processing 
C)  psychological 
D)  neuropsychological 
E)  physiological

Question 3

A subordinate concept is the type that people use most often because it makes important distinctions between different categories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The correlation in intelligence between fraternal twins is higher than that between identical twins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Gertrude is 85 years old and recently lost her husband. Soon after her husband's death, she began to show signs of dementia for which there are no physical explanations. Gertrude's dementia is most likely the result of

Accepted Answer

A)  excessive drinking. 
B)  senility. 
C)  Alzheimer's disease. 
D)  depression. 
E)  her age.

Question 6

The argument that people do not look up the meanings of concepts in their heads in the same way that they look up meanings of words in a dictionary was made by

Accepted Answer

A)  Rosch. 
B)  Collins and Quillian. 
C)  Smith. 
D)  Johnson-Laird. 
E)  Rips.

Question 7

Jerrald is 7 and has a mental age of 10. What is his ratio IQ?

Accepted Answer

A)  70 
B)  96 
C)  134 
D)  143 
E)  162

Question 8

Ordinary people tend to use __________ concepts and experts tend to use __________ concepts.

Accepted Answer

A)  formal; natural 
B)  basic-level; superordinate 
C)  superordinate; basic-level 
D)  natural; formal 
E)  basic-level; formal

Question 9

"Eduction of correlates"refers to people's ability to

Accepted Answer

A)  perceive and understand reality. 
B)  apply a rule inferred from one case to a similar case. 
C)  perceive the relation among similar variables. 
D)  deduce a specific conclusion from a general set of premises. 
E)  none of the above

Question 10

According to Sternberg, the novel tasks component of creative intelligence is similar to __________ whereas the automated tasks component is similar to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  shaping; selection 
B)  s-factor; g-factor 
C)  formal reasoning; general reasoning 
D)  linguistic intelligence; logical-mathematical intelligence 
E)  fluid intelligence; crystallized intelligence

Question 11

Among the different kinds of concepts, the finest distinctions are made by __________ concepts.

Accepted Answer

A)  natural 
B)  subordinate 
C)  basic-level 
D)  superordinate 
E)  formal

Question 12

The __________ approach attempts to understand intelligence by studying the kinds of skills people use to think and solve problems.

Accepted Answer

A)  differential 
B)  developmental 
C)  information-processing 
D)  empirical 
E)  analytical

Question 13

A child born with fetal alcohol syndrome will

Accepted Answer

A)  gain weight extremely rapidly after birth. 
B)  be mentally retarded. 
C)  suffer from massive chromosomal damage. 
D)  have fewer genes than normal children. 
E)  none of the above

Question 14

Gardner has proposed that intelligence is made up of __________ categories.

Accepted Answer

A)  4 
B)  6 
C)  8 
D)  9 
E)  2

Question 15

A recipe would be an example of a heuristic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Cattell conceptualized __________ intelligence as a person's endowed capacity for intellectual performance.

Accepted Answer

A)  componential 
B)  crystallized 
C)  eductive 
D)  fluid 
E)  general

Question 17

To assess a child's intellectual ability, Binet and Simon (1905),

Accepted Answer

A)  administered several sensory discrimination tests to children of various ages. 
B)  devised an overall point rating system ranging from below average to above average. 
C)  formulated the IQ. 
D)  compared the child's performance relative to an established age-determined average. 
E)  all of the above

Question 18

The decision to spend a large or small amount of time reading a passage as a function of the level of information you need from it, is controlled by the __________ component of __________ intelligence in Sternberg's theory.

Accepted Answer

A)  metacomponent; analytic 
B)  selection; practical 
C)  novel task; analytic 
D)  performance; practical 
E)  shaping; creative

Question 19

Binet and Simon revised their 1905 test to also include the intellectual assessment of

Accepted Answer

A)  adults. 
B)  mentally retarded children. 
C)  normal children and those with learning problems. 
D)  adolescents. 
E)  criminals.

Question 20

The first intelligence test was devised by __________ in order to identify children who would not benefit from regular educational practices.

Accepted Answer

A)  Binet 
B)  Stanford 
C)  Terman 
D)  Wechsler 
E)  Galton

Exam 11: Intelligence and Thinking

In Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences there are types of intelligence not usual in psychological theory, such as linguistic, logical-mathematical and spatial intelligences.

Gardner's theory of intelligence is considered to be a __________ theory.

A subordinate concept is the type that people use most often because it makes important distinctions between different categories.

The correlation in intelligence between fraternal twins is higher than that between identical twins.

Gertrude is 85 years old and recently lost her husband. Soon after her husband's death, she began to show signs of dementia for which there are no physical explanations. Gertrude's dementia is most likely the result of

The argument that people do not look up the meanings of concepts in their heads in the same way that they look up meanings of words in a dictionary was made by

Jerrald is 7 and has a mental age of 10. What is his ratio IQ?

Ordinary people tend to use concepts and experts tend to use concepts.

"Eduction of correlates"refers to people's ability to

According to Sternberg, the novel tasks component of creative intelligence is similar to whereas the automated tasks component is similar to .

Among the different kinds of concepts, the finest distinctions are made by __________ concepts.

The __________ approach attempts to understand intelligence by studying the kinds of skills people use to think and solve problems.

A child born with fetal alcohol syndrome will

Gardner has proposed that intelligence is made up of __________ categories.

A recipe would be an example of a heuristic.

Cattell conceptualized __________ intelligence as a person's endowed capacity for intellectual performance.

To assess a child's intellectual ability, Binet and Simon (1905) ,

The decision to spend a large or small amount of time reading a passage as a function of the level of information you need from it, is controlled by the component of intelligence in Sternberg's theory.

Binet and Simon revised their 1905 test to also include the intellectual assessment of

The first intelligence test was devised by __________ in order to identify children who would not benefit from regular educational practices.