Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Creativity is the ability to __________.

When you took your college entrance exam,students across the country took the same test at the same time with the same instructions.What characteristic of a good psychological test do these similarities reflect?

On Monday,Sal took a test developed to measure levels of sensation seeking and obtained a score of 13;he took the same test one week later and obtained the same score.Based on this information,you can most accurately conclude that the test is likely to be:

Sal is being evaluated as a possible candidate for the space program.On which of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences would we expect him to excel if he is a good candidate?

Which of these might be an example of a performance item on the Wechsler tests of intelligence?

The ability to produce work that is both novel and appropriate is called:

Psychological tests that yield relatively consistent results are said to be:

The Binet and Simon intelligence test measured children on what new concept?

Charles Spearman believed that intelligence is composed of:

A psychological test that measures what we intend it to measure is said to be

__________ percent of the population has IQ scores between 70 and 130.

Cognition is a synonym for __________.

Laboratory experiments suggest that animals have __________.

What is one criticism of the conclusions offered by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray in The Bell Curve?

The sounds of "t," "th," and "sh" are __________.

Which of these is one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences?

Thurstone's definition of intelligence includes __________.

The basic sound units of any language are called __________.

What number reflects the amount of differences in a population attributable to genetic influences?