Exam 10: Intelligence

Which of the following is/are included in Thurstone's 7 mental abilities?

Sternberg and Gardner both agree that intelligence is not a unitary mental function.

Spearman developed a statistic technique called __________ for analyzing intelligence.

Which of the following best illustrates the two-factor theory of intelligence?

Gardner's theory lists ____ types of mental abilities.

Validity is the extent to which scores on a test instrument accurately measure or predict what they intend to measure or predict.

Which theorist is associated with the bioecological theory of intelligence?

Male brains have on average 16% more neurons than female brains.

In Terman's study, what name was given to participants with high intelligence scores who were studied longitudinally?

Which of the following is believed to be true about more intelligent people, compared to less intelligent people?

______ believed that gifted people have greater psychic energy and a heightened sensitivity to external stimuli.

When researchers say that the heritability of intelligence is 50%, they mean that

On which of Weschler's scales would the following question appear: "What is the Westernmost U.S. state?"

_______ is believed to be of primary importance to creative development.

Ceci believed that one's innate abilities are derived from biological resource pools.

The way that researchers attempt to eliminate cultural and gender bias from IQ tests is to

What does intelligence quotient (IQ) represent?

What testing phenomenon may occur when people from a particular group perform poorly because they fear that their performance will conform to some negative belief about the group?

Western thinkers as ancient as Plato commented on the nature of intelligence.

Edward tries hard to be a good husband. He is creative and spontaneous. He is comfortable around their friends and relatives. He is successful at work and earns a good living. However, he becomes confused if his wife accuses him of not understanding what she is feeling. If Edward wants to impress his wife, he should try to develop more _________ intelligence.