Chapter 7 quiz

Which individual was asked by the French government to create an assessment tool - an intelligence test, of sorts - that would be used to identify schoolchildren who would be more likely to have difficulty in school?

Alfred Binet

Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence?

Robert Sternberg

The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to ________.

analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast

Anwar is hiking in the woods and he gets lost. He spends several days trying to find his way back to his basecamp, but he has the knowledge to gather wood, start a fire, and keep himself warm at night. He is also able to identify local berries and mushrooms growing that he can eat without being poisoned. Anwar is demonstrating ________ intelligence from the triarchic theory.

practical

"Each person is born with a genetic potential to reach a certain level of potential, but whether or not they accomplish that level depends on their environments and experiences." This is the foundation of the ________ model.

range of reaction

What was the most controversial conclusion made by Arthur Jensen with regard to Level 1 and Level II intelligence?

African Americans, as a group, had the lowest amount of Level II intelligence

Which statistic is a measure of how data are dispersed in a population and can be used to give context to larger data sets?

standard deviation

________ encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, language, and memory.

cognition

Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a(n) ________ concept.

natural

A(an) ________ is a basic sound unit of a given language.

phoneme

________ concepts are ones that we know by a specific set of characteristics.

artificial

________ are categories or groupings of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences.

concepts

Niaz's car breaks down, and he is convinced that it was a predictable event even though there was no way of knowing it would happen. This exemplifies ________.

hindsight bias

Gonzalo is attempting to open his car door using the auto lock button on his keychain. He pushes the button twice, but his car door does not open. He continues to push the button even though it is likely that the auto lock feature has stopped working, and he will need to open the door manually with his key. This illustrates a ________.

mental set

The practice of administering, scoring, and interpreting an assessment tool in the same manner is called ________.

standardization

Which option is NOT one of the Wechsler tests of intelligence?

Wechsler Adolescent Intelligence Measure (WAIM)

Illnesses such as diabetes and cancer kill more than twice the number of Americans than murder or car accidents. However, Zale sees car accidents as more dangerous because he often hears about car accident fatalities on the nightly news, and he doesn't know anyone with diabetes or cancer. Therefore, Zale takes more precautions against car accidents. This exemplifies ________.

the availability heuristic

What is the Flynn effect?

The observation that each generation has a significantly higher IQ than the previous generation.

Nima excels at working with numbers in subjects such as calculus and algebra. This exemplifies ________ intelligence from the multiple intelligences theory.

logical-mathematical

An intelligence score that falls below ________ indicates significant cognitive delays, and may be indicative of an intellectual disability.

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