Exam 9: Intelligence

According to David Perkins, the ability to become aware of one's own thinking is called __________ intelligence.

The occurrence of which of the following conditions shows that extraordinary abilities can exist apart from general intelligence?

In 1904, the French minister of education asked a psychologist to find a way to distinguish slower students from the more capable (or the capable but lazy)students with the method this psychologist devised giving rise to modern intelligence tests. This psychologist was __________.

The g-factor refers to

The amount of time a person must look at a stimulus to make a correct judgment about the stimulus is referred to as the person's __________ time.

Peter was born with a condition that required a tube to be surgically implanted to drain fluid from his brain into his abdomen to minimize brain damage. Peter has the condition known as __________.

Jeanie tends to be comfortable in any situation and has the ability to make others feel the same way. She knows how to comfort her friends when they are feeling down, to encourage them in their struggles, and to share their joy when they succeed. Jeanie exhibits a great deal of

Early signs of giftedness include all of the following EXCEPT

With regard to intelligence, genetics tends to

A familial intellectual disability

The highest positive correlation between the IQ scores of relatives would occur between

Dr. Sanchez believes that there is a neural basis to one's intelligence, so she records the flurry of brain activity that follows exposure to a stimulus in an attempt to assess a person's

If Jane's intelligence quotient is 100, we know that she has a

The core of general intellectual ability that involves reasoning, problem-solving ability, knowledge, and memory is referred to as the __________.

Margo, who is 17 years old, obtained an IQ of 44 on the WAIS-IV. She requires adaptive skill support, is considered educationally to be in the "trainable" range, and may be able to become self-supporting by working in a sheltered workshop. According to the APA's criteria, Margo would be classified at which level of intellectual disability?

A deviation IQ represents a person's

Computers have been most successful in specific situations where complex skills can be converted into clearly stated rules that the computer can follow. These programs are referred to as

The average mental ability a person displays at a given age is known as his or her

If Tomas's intelligence quotient is 115, we know that

IQ is a good predictor of success in the occupation of science and in leadership.