Exam 7: Cognition and Mental Abilities

A problem-solving strategy that requires only the accessing of information from long-term memory is ________.

Terman established the IQ score of ________ for a person of average intelligence.

According to Sternberg, the ability to learn how to do things or to acquire new knowledge and carry out tasks effectively requires ________ intelligence.

Recent reviews of the research literature on gender differences in intelligence have found that ________.

In the Milwaukee Project, the experimental group of children who received family and educational intervention showed ________ in their IQ scores as compared to a control group.

Rating different choices on each of several criteria in decision making is known as ________.

Each of the following is a tactic for becoming a more skillful problem-solver except ________.

Tests that minimize or eliminate the use of words are ________.

In the absence of full and accurate information, people often make decisions based on whatever information is most easily retrieved from memory, even though this information may not be accurate. This process of decision-making is called ________.

Spearman believed that specific mental abilities are ________ each other, and Thurstone believed that they are ________ each other.

Which of the following is true?

Geoffrey has a Stanford-Binet IQ score of 60 and deficits in adaptive behavior. He is likely to be considered ________.

Which of the following best represents the way people use concepts in thinking?

Amanda is on a strict diet that allows her exactly 800 calories a day. Which of the following strategies is most likely to help her succeed in her goal?

Problem representation is ________.

Each of the following statements is true except ________.

The Christensen-Guilford Test is a test of ________.

The particular words and phrases that make up a sentence are its ________ structure.

Thurstone proposed ________ distinct mental abilities.

In taking a multiple-choice test, you first read the question and try to develop an answer. Then you check to see if your answer is one of the choices. If it's not, you try to eliminate any obviously wrong alternatives, and finally try to find the best answer from among those that remain. This problem-solving strategy is an example of ________.