Exam 9: Intelligence

Eight-year-old Marta has just immigrated to the United States. Although Marta speaks some English, the test examiner chooses not to give her the WISC-V or SB5, but instead, administers a test in which Marta is asked to select which pattern is different from the others or which figure would complete the sequence. This test is most likely a

Brain areas that control higher mental abilities usually become more active during reaction time testing, which suggests that

Regarding aptitude tests, which of the following statements is FALSE?

In one study of intelligence, adopted and biological children reared by the same mother resembled her IQ to the same degree, whether or not they shared her genes.

With regard to the distribution of adult IQ scores, most scores fall into the __________ category.

Beth is four years old, but she enjoys talking with older children and with adults. She shows kindness to people, is cooperative, has an excellent memory, and has been talking in complete sentences since she was two. Beth is showing early signs of

If Eppie has difficulty understanding the motives of others, then, according to Howard Gardner, Eppie would be low in __________ intelligence.

How many people out of 100 have an IQ above 130?

IQ scores measured at age three are highly correlated with those IQ scores measured at age 27.

Concerning emotional intelligence, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which statement is TRUE of emotionally intelligent people?

Computer scientist Aaron Sloman stated that "Human brains don't work by magic, so whatever it is they do should be doable by machine." The resulting computer programs can then help us understand how people do those same things. These statements explain the field of

Regarding the relationship between IQ and achievement, which of the following statements is FALSE?

The percentage of those individuals with an IQ score below 70 is __________ percent.

Robert Sternberg referred to people with "book learning" as having __________ intelligence.

In measuring which cognitive factor of the Stanford-Binet (SB5)are subjects asked to correctly remember the order of colored beads seen, to repeat a series of digits forward and backward, and to name the last word in each sentence after hearing several sentences read?

Researchers generally agree that Head Start programs have resulted in

Children who have phenylketonuria (PKU)lack an important enzyme, which causes which of the following to collect within their bodies?

Different cultural values can greatly affect performance on tests designed for Western cultures, since Western cultures tend to place a high value on

Maggie takes an intelligence test one week and obtains a score of 115. The next week she takes the same test and receives a score of 117 and 116 the following week. Regarding her intellectual ability, this test appears to