Deck 7: Intelligence and Reasoning

Question 1

Which approach to intelligence emphasizes scores on standardized tests?

A) psychometric
B) neofunctionalist
C) cognitive
D) applied

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According to the dual-component model, adulthood is predominantly concerned with the growth of

A) fluid intelligence.
B) crystallized intelligence.
C) inter-cohort similarity.
D) multidiversity trends.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which researcher's name is associated with largest and most comprehensive sequential study of intelligence?

A) Wechsler
B) Sternberg
C) Salthouse
D) K. Warner Schaie

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Figuring out which letter goes next in the series "z, w, s, n " is an example of

A) fluid intelligence.
B) crystallized intelligence.
C) primary intelligence.
D) tertiary intelligence.

Question 5

In Baltes' dual-component model, cognition as a basic process concerns

A) acquisition of symbolic knowledge.
B) everyday cognitive performance and human adaptation.
C) developmental changes in basic forms of thinking.
D) modification of underlying fluid intelligence abilities.

Question 6

In the psychometric approach, intelligence refers to

A) the stages of intellectual growth.
B) moderators of performance.
C) the organization of interrelated abilities.
D) how test performance data are analyzed.

Question 7

In the dual-component model, pragmatic intelligence dominates during

A) childhood.
B) adolescence.
C) adulthood.
D) throughout the life-span.

Question 8

The secondary mental ability focused on fluent perception of auditory patterns is

A) auditory organization.
B) visual organization.
C) crystallized intelligence.
D) fluid intelligence.

Question 9

If the performance on one test is highly related to the performance on another, the abilities measured by the two tests are interrelated and called a

A) test.
B) trait.
C) factor.
D) correlation.

Question 10

An individual's innate abilities independent of acquired knowledge and experience constitute

A) fluid intelligence.
B) crystallized intelligence.
C) primary intelligence.
D) tertiary intelligence.

Question 11

By age nearly everyone shows decline on one ability, though very few people show decline on four or five abilities

A) 70
B) 88
C) 50
D) 60

Question 12

Which of the following is not a primary mental ability?

A) verbal meaning
B) inductive reasoning
C) word fluency
D) fluid intelligence

Question 13

The secondary mental ability focused on the perception of visual patterns is

A) auditory organization.
B) visual organization.
C) crystallized intelligence.
D) fluid intelligence.

Question 14

Knowledge acquired through experience and education constitutes

A) fluid intelligence.
B) crystallized intelligence.
C) primary intelligence.
D) tertiary intelligence.

Question 15

Longitudinal sequential research on primary mental abilities reveals

A) no age-related declines.
B) major declines prior to age 40.
C) little practical decline until age 60.
D) identical patterns for all abilities.

Question 16

The fact that some aspects of intelligence seem to decline while other aspects show increases with age is reflected in which component of the life-span perspective?

A) plasticity
B) multidirectionality
C) interindividual variability
D) intraindividual consistency

Question 17

The approach to intelligence that focuses on developmental changes in the way people conceptualize problems and styles of thinking is known as

A) psychometric approach.
B) dual-component model.
C) cognitive structural approach.
D) practical intelligence.

Question 18

Which of the following was not viewed as an indicator of intelligence by the experts and laypersons interviewed during Sternberg's research?

A) social competence
B) problem solving abilities
C) verbal ability
D) spatial ability

Question 19

Which of the following is not a basic concept of the life-span view?

A) plasticity.
B) multidirectionality
C) interindividual variability
D) intraindividual consistency

Question 20

The hierarchy of intelligence from the lowest to highest levels is:

A) test questions, tests, primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, third order mental abilities, general intelligence
B) primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, third order mental abilities, general intelligence, test questions, tests
C) primary mental abilities, secondary mental abilities, test questions, tests, third order mental abilities, general intelligence
D) primary mental abilities, test questions, tests, general intelligence, secondary mental abilities, third order mental abilities

Question 21

On the television show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," many of the big winners have been in their 40s and 50s. This likely due to their superiority in which type of intelligence?

A) fluid
B) emotional
C) crystallized
D) inductive reasoning

Question 22

Knowing all the names of each president and vice president of the United States of America draws on which intelligence?

A) fluid intelligence
B) crystallized intelligence
C) primary intelligence
D) tertiary intelligence

Question 23

Which of the following tests would not measure crystallized intelligence?

A) vocabulary
B) intentional learning
C) comprehension
D) inductive reasoning

Question 24

In general, crystallized and fluid intelligence show

A) opposite developmental trends.
B) identical developmental trends.
C) no developmental trends.
D) unknown developmental trends.