Exam 9: Intelligence

Which of the following is most likely to draw on fluid intelligence?

Anita is mildly retarded,Brady is moderately retarded,Candace is severely retarded,and Denny is profoundly retarded.Which of these individuals can probably hold a job? Which of these individuals is probably unable to care for him- or herself?

In the introduction to its discussion of intelligence,your text suggests that conceptions of intelligence vary cross-culturally.To the Trukese of the South Pacific,for example,intelligence may mean the ability to navigate on the open water without technological assistance; to a Westerner,traveling along the most direct and quickest route by using a sextant and other navigational tools is likely to represent the most "intelligent" kind of behavior.Nevertheless,one element of the understanding of intelligence that is consistent across culture is:

When compared to fluid intelligence,_____intelligence is more a reflection of the culture in which a person is raised.

Laverne's scores on different parts of an IQ test are very different from one another.Laverne's profile of scores on the test:

A plot of the IQ scores of the entire population would yield a(n)_____distribution.

Peyton has an IQ score of 60.Although her development was typically slower than that of her peers,she is now able to hold a job and will soon start a family of her own.Peyton is most probably:

In approximately _____ of the cases of mental retardation there is an identifiable cause related to biological or environmental factors; the most common of these is _____.

_____ is the single factor for mental ability assumed to underlie intelligence in some early theories of intelligence.

_____ refers to skills involved in the production and use of language.

Which of the following is one of Gardner's forms of intelligence?

Individuals who have IQ scores ranging from 55 to 69 are classified as having _____ retardation.

_____is a process by which individuals with intellectual disabilities are integrated into regular classrooms as much as possible.

Collectivist cultures,such as Taiwan's,place a high priority on how individuals relate to each other.It might be reasonable to hypothesize that Taiwanese adults might outscore American adults on a test of Gardner's _____ intelligence.

Regarding the integration of mentally retarded students into regular classrooms,which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following professionals would most likely display spatial intelligence?

"Nerds." "Geeks." Briefly describe Terman's pioneering study of the intellectually gifted and suggest how its results contradict popular stereotypes of the intellectually gifted.

Which of the following is TRUE of academic success and career success?

The Flynn effect refers to:

The term _____ refers to the degree to which a characteristic is related to genetic,inherited factors.