Exam 7: Cognition and Mental Abilities

The type of knowledge that allows a specialist to work efficiently on a problem without the elaborate preparation that a new problem would require of a beginner is ________.

Summarize the research findings on sex differences in mental abilities.

Marty is severely retarded, yet he is able to compute numbers faster than most people can using a hand-held calculator. His ability is classified as ________.

Roberta is interested in both art and business, but after 2 years of college she realizes she must make a choice. She visits a vocational counselor and is given a psychological test. She scores markedly higher in the reasoning ability and verbal meaning sections than on the spatial ability section. The counselor suggests that Roberta go into business rather than art. This type of test is based on the views of ________.

An image is a ________.

Which of the following exemplifies a proper mode of administration or use of an intelligence test?

Agnes and Bert are trying to decide where they want to live. Bert doesn't like cold weather or large cities. Agnes doesn't like lots of noise, or the flat, open terrain typical of the Midwest. Beyond that, they aren't sure what they want. They should use the problem solving technique of ________.

Gary is assigned to write a history paper. Instead of writing it all in one sitting, he breaks the assignment up into a series of separate tasks that include choosing a topic, doing the research, preparing an outline, writing the first draft, editing, etc. His strategy is best described as ________.

We must form a new concept for every new experience.

In a 1999 study, Flynn found that IQ scores may be increasing by ________ per decade.

Which of the following is an example of a culture-fair test?

A heuristic in which a problem is divided into smaller, more manageable units is known as ________.

The Seguin Form Board is a group test.

Spearman argued that intelligence is an accumulation of specific skills.

Identify and discuss at least two obstacles to problem solving. Describe how these obstacles prevent efficient problem solving.

The ability of a test to produce consistent and stable scores is its ________.

Some people with mental retardation (or other mental handicaps) exhibit remarkable abilities in highly specialized areas such as numerical computation, art, or music. These abilities are known as ________ performance.

Discuss differences in academic performance among American, Chinese, and Japanese students. How do their cultural views, teachers, and education systems differ and how do those differences contribute to differences in academic performance?

The underlying meaning of a sentence is its ________ structure.

By test reliability, psychologists mean whether ________.