Question 1

Emily understands herself very well.According to Howard Gardner,Emily is high in __________ skills.

Accepted Answer

A)  naturalist 
B)  bodily-kinesthetic 
C)  interpersonal 
D)  intrapersonal 
A)  naturalist 
B)  bodily-kinesthetic 
C)  interpersonal 
D)  intrapersonal

Question 2

Regarding popular culture,which of the following is NOT one of the changes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Today's television dramas are more simplistic and require less problem-solving than the dramas in television's past. 
B)  Players of video games must figure out the rules of the games themselves with some players even writing complex game instructions and sharing with others. 
C)  Popular media content is too violent and sexual in nature. 
D)  Early video games only offered simple, repetitive visual experiences, while today's games can take many hours of intense problem-solving. 
A)  Today's television dramas are more simplistic and require less problem-solving than the dramas in television's past. 
B)  Players of video games must figure out the rules of the games themselves with some players even writing complex game instructions and sharing with others. 
C)  Popular media content is too violent and sexual in nature. 
D)  Early video games only offered simple, repetitive visual experiences, while today's games can take many hours of intense problem-solving.

Question 3

Concerning artificial intelligence (AI),which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  AI involves a set of rules applied to a body of information. 
B)  AI is valuable where speed, vast memory, and persistence are required. 
C)  AI programs can be programmed to make the same errors as humans. 
D)  AI systems have been programmed to be as flexible as humans in shifting topics. 
A)  AI involves a set of rules applied to a body of information. 
B)  AI is valuable where speed, vast memory, and persistence are required. 
C)  AI programs can be programmed to make the same errors as humans. 
D)  AI systems have been programmed to be as flexible as humans in shifting topics.

Question 4

Leon has been diagnosed with an intellectual disability,which means he has an IQ below 70 and siginficant impairment in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  kinesthetic skills 
B)  adaptive behaviors 
C)  divergent abilities 
D)  automatic processing 
A)  kinesthetic skills 
B)  adaptive behaviors 
C)  divergent abilities 
D)  automatic processing

Question 5

Johnny has dropped out of school.Testing while in school placed his IQ between 60 and 65,and he exhibits adaptive skills that would be considered below average.Johnny's diagnosis,according to the DSM-IV-TR criteria,would be a

Accepted Answer

A)  mild intellectual disability. 
B)  moderate intellectual disability. 
C)  severe intellectual disability. 
D)  specific learning disability. 
A)  mild intellectual disability. 
B)  moderate intellectual disability. 
C)  severe intellectual disability. 
D)  specific learning disability.

Question 6

A familial intellectual disability

Accepted Answer

A)  occurs in 30 to 40 percent of the cases of intellectual disability. 
B)  is due to inherited metabolic disorders. 
C)  results usually in a severe to profound intellectual disability. 
D)  includes all of these characteristics. 
A)  occurs in 30 to 40 percent of the cases of intellectual disability. 
B)  is due to inherited metabolic disorders. 
C)  results usually in a severe to profound intellectual disability. 
D)  includes all of these characteristics.

Question 7

Regarding cretinism,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  In some parts of the world, cretinism is caused by a lack of iodine in the diet. 
B)  Cretinism results in a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid that damages the brain. 
C)  If not treated soon at birth, cretinism causes stunted physical and intellectual growth that cannot be reversed. 
D)  Cretinism is easily detected in infancy, and once detected can be treated with thyroid hormone replacement. 
A)  In some parts of the world, cretinism is caused by a lack of iodine in the diet. 
B)  Cretinism results in a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid that damages the brain. 
C)  If not treated soon at birth, cretinism causes stunted physical and intellectual growth that cannot be reversed. 
D)  Cretinism is easily detected in infancy, and once detected can be treated with thyroid hormone replacement.

Question 8

The correlation of IQs between identical twins reared together is 0.86 and drops to 0.72 when the identical twins are reared apart.Psychologists who emphasize genetics take this to mean that

Accepted Answer

A)  genetics plays no role in determining intelligence. 
B)  IQs tend to follow the mother. 
C)  differences in adult intelligence are roughly 50 percent hereditary. 
D)  the first few months of a baby's life are critical in the formation of intelligence. 
A)  genetics plays no role in determining intelligence. 
B)  IQs tend to follow the mother. 
C)  differences in adult intelligence are roughly 50 percent hereditary. 
D)  the first few months of a baby's life are critical in the formation of intelligence.

Question 9

Which level of intellectual disability makes up about 85 percent of all those affected with these individuals benefitting from carefully structured education and who are capable of living alone,may marry,but tend to have difficulties with many of the demands of adult life?

Accepted Answer

A)  mild 
B)  moderate 
C)  trainable 
D)  profound 
A)  mild 
B)  moderate 
C)  trainable 
D)  profound

Question 10

Advantages of artificial intelligence include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  showing incredible flexibility in shifting from one topic to another. 
B)  acting as a "laboratory" for testing models of human cognition. 
C)  completing tasks that require speed, persistence, and a vast memory. 
D)  being better at some mental tasks than humans. 
A)  showing incredible flexibility in shifting from one topic to another. 
B)  acting as a "laboratory" for testing models of human cognition. 
C)  completing tasks that require speed, persistence, and a vast memory. 
D)  being better at some mental tasks than humans.

Question 11

In a reevaluation of Tryon's "maze-bright" and "maze-dull" rat study,it was found that the "maze-bright" rats were not more intelligence,but instead were more

Accepted Answer

A)  energized by the special food additive. 
B)  sensitive to tactile stimulation. 
C)  physically developed and stronger. 
D)  motivated by food and less easily distracted. 
A)  energized by the special food additive. 
B)  sensitive to tactile stimulation. 
C)  physically developed and stronger. 
D)  motivated by food and less easily distracted.

Question 12

Dr.Attenom is researching how fast people process various kinds of information,such as measuring people's reaction time to a stimulus.Dr.Attenom most likely has which view of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  neural basis 
B)  psychometrical 
C)  g-factor 
D)  multiple intelligences 
A)  neural basis 
B)  psychometrical 
C)  g-factor 
D)  multiple intelligences

Question 13

Kaye has a mild intellectual disability,but shows no signs of birth injuries,metabolic disorders,or genetic abnormalities.However,she was born into an impoverished family environment.This means that she most likely has which type of intellectual disability?

Accepted Answer

A)  organic 
B)  teratogenic 
C)  familial 
D)  metabolic 
A)  organic 
B)  teratogenic 
C)  familial 
D)  metabolic

Question 14

Researchers who study different age people's reaction times and speed of processing would most likely view intelligence from which perspective?

Accepted Answer

A)  the neural basis of intelligence 
B)  the psychometric approach 
C)  the metacognitive approach 
D)  multiple intelligences 
A)  the neural basis of intelligence 
B)  the psychometric approach 
C)  the metacognitive approach 
D)  multiple intelligences

Question 15

Which of the following forms of intellectual disability CANNOT be treated to minimize the effects?

Accepted Answer

A)  microcephaly 
B)  hydrocephaly 
C)  cretinism 
D)  phenylketonuria (PKU) 
A)  microcephaly 
B)  hydrocephaly 
C)  cretinism 
D)  phenylketonuria (PKU)

Question 16

Regarding Down syndrome,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Down syndrome children are usually loving and responsive and have a moderate to severe intellectual disability. 
B)  If a mother is in her late 40s when she becomes pregnant, she has a one in 12 chance of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome. 
C)  In a small percentage of cases the father is the source of the extra chromosome. 
D)  Down syndrome tends to occur more often in males than females. 
A)  Down syndrome children are usually loving and responsive and have a moderate to severe intellectual disability. 
B)  If a mother is in her late 40s when she becomes pregnant, she has a one in 12 chance of giving birth to a child with Down syndrome. 
C)  In a small percentage of cases the father is the source of the extra chromosome. 
D)  Down syndrome tends to occur more often in males than females.

Question 17

Support for the argument that environment affects intellectual development comes from research showing that

Accepted Answer

A)  dropping out of school in the eighth grade can lower adult IQ as much as 24 points. 
B)  any measured change in intelligence is slow, often requiring generations for any change to occur. 
C)  dropping out of school in the tenth grade has no effect on adult IQ. 
D)  the IQ of children who are adopted continues to resemble their biological parents' IQ. 
A)  dropping out of school in the eighth grade can lower adult IQ as much as 24 points. 
B)  any measured change in intelligence is slow, often requiring generations for any change to occur. 
C)  dropping out of school in the tenth grade has no effect on adult IQ. 
D)  the IQ of children who are adopted continues to resemble their biological parents' IQ.

Question 18

Support for the environmentalist viewpoint of intelligence comes from

Accepted Answer

A)  the finding that the environment accounts for 70 to 80 percent of intelligence. 
B)  studies showing that children reared by the same mother resemble her IQ to the same degree, whether or not they share her genes. 
C)  studies showing that test tube baby twins have IQs more similar to the surrogate mother than to the natural mother. 
D)  studies demonstrating greater similarity between a child's intelligence and their biological, rather than their adoptive, parents. 
A)  the finding that the environment accounts for 70 to 80 percent of intelligence. 
B)  studies showing that children reared by the same mother resemble her IQ to the same degree, whether or not they share her genes. 
C)  studies showing that test tube baby twins have IQs more similar to the surrogate mother than to the natural mother. 
D)  studies demonstrating greater similarity between a child's intelligence and their biological, rather than their adoptive, parents.

Question 19

The 15-point IQ gains that have occurred in 14 nations in the last 30 years reflect the influence of all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  genetics. 
B)  improved education. 
C)  improved nutrition. 
D)  living in a technologically complex society. 
A)  genetics. 
B)  improved education. 
C)  improved nutrition. 
D)  living in a technologically complex society.

Question 20

If a psychologist advocates the neural basis of intelligence,then he or she believes which of the following reflects the brain's efficiency?

Accepted Answer

A)  the g-factor 
B)  spatial perception 
C)  speed of processing 
D)  metacognitive skills 
A)  the g-factor 
B)  spatial perception 
C)  speed of processing 
D)  metacognitive skills

Exam 9: B: Intelligence

Emily understands herself very well.According to Howard Gardner,Emily is high in __________ skills.

Regarding popular culture,which of the following is NOT one of the changes?

Concerning artificial intelligence (AI),which of the following statements is FALSE?

Leon has been diagnosed with an intellectual disability,which means he has an IQ below 70 and siginficant impairment in which of the following?

Johnny has dropped out of school.Testing while in school placed his IQ between 60 and 65,and he exhibits adaptive skills that would be considered below average.Johnny's diagnosis,according to the DSM-IV-TR criteria,would be a

A familial intellectual disability

Regarding cretinism,which of the following statements is FALSE?

The correlation of IQs between identical twins reared together is 0.86 and drops to 0.72 when the identical twins are reared apart.Psychologists who emphasize genetics take this to mean that

Which level of intellectual disability makes up about 85 percent of all those affected with these individuals benefitting from carefully structured education and who are capable of living alone,may marry,but tend to have difficulties with many of the demands of adult life?

Advantages of artificial intelligence include all of the following EXCEPT

In a reevaluation of Tryon's "maze-bright" and "maze-dull" rat study,it was found that the "maze-bright" rats were not more intelligence,but instead were more

Dr.Attenom is researching how fast people process various kinds of information,such as measuring people's reaction time to a stimulus.Dr.Attenom most likely has which view of intelligence?

Kaye has a mild intellectual disability,but shows no signs of birth injuries,metabolic disorders,or genetic abnormalities.However,she was born into an impoverished family environment.This means that she most likely has which type of intellectual disability?

Researchers who study different age people's reaction times and speed of processing would most likely view intelligence from which perspective?

Which of the following forms of intellectual disability CANNOT be treated to minimize the effects?

Regarding Down syndrome,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Support for the argument that environment affects intellectual development comes from research showing that

Support for the environmentalist viewpoint of intelligence comes from

The 15-point IQ gains that have occurred in 14 nations in the last 30 years reflect the influence of all of the following EXCEPT

If a psychologist advocates the neural basis of intelligence,then he or she believes which of the following reflects the brain's efficiency?

A: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

B: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

C: Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

A: Brain and Behavior

C: Brain and Behavior

A: Human Development

B: Human Development

C: Human Development

D: Human Development

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B: Sensation and Perception

C: Sensation and Perception

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C: Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

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