Exam 10: Intelligence

Which of the following statements is true about the development of the cortex across the life span?

The average score in a distribution is known as the ___.

The Fergusons have two adopted children.The children are NOT biologically related to each other.Which of the following is most likely to be true about the correlation of IQ scores between the two children?

Kalendria is a writer at heart.Although her job is as an accountant with numbers,her escape at the end of the day is creating characters and scenes,and imaging how they will all interact and unfold.Then,she figures out the perfect words to use to describe the story in her head,and the ideal point of view and pace to tell it.Although she has written many stories,this is NOT why she writes.What aspect of intelligence would Kalendria likely score high in?

People with IQ scores between 50 and 70 are sometimes referred to as ___intellectually disabled because they can benefit from education and can support themselves as adults.

The process of obtaining meaningful test scores from a sample population is called

Which quality is believed to be of primary importance to creative development?

Leen is about to write the GREs (Graduate Record Examination)as a prerequisite for getting into graduate school.She is extremely nervous about how she will do here,because she knows that the graduate schools really look at your scores on the GREs and use it to sift through applicants that are likely to succeed (or NOT)in graduate school.If this assumption made by graduate schools is correct,one would have to say that the GRE has high

Jody believes that people who are of lower intelligence should be prohibited from having children.Jody seems to agree with the view of ___ and ___.

Jeremy and Jake are identical twins that were adopted at birth by different families.Jeremy grows up with an array of toys and books,and accompanies his parents on frequent outings.Jake,on the other hand,has few toys or books and usually spends his time watching television or playing video games.Which of the following would be least likely to be an outcome?

Julianne is taking part in a research study in which she must complete a spatial task.Before she begins,the researcher tells her NOT to feel bad if she doesn't do well because females tend to have poorer spatial ability than males.How will Julianne do on the task relative to other participants who are NOT told this?

Brigitte is an architect.She is likely to score high on Gardner's ___ intelligence.

Wechsler designed his intelligence tests to be different in several ways from the Stanford-Binet test.Which of the following statements about these differences is FALSE?

Omar took a personality test and it said he was extraverted.His family was surprised by this result,so he took the test again.This time,the same test said that he was introverted.What is the problem with the personality test that Omar took?

Reagan has just taken an intelligence test.After it has been scored,he is given a total IQ score,as well as separate scores on the verbal,and performance sections of the test.In this example,the total IQ score would be the measure of a ___,and the scores on the verbal and performance sections would each be measures of a ___.

Leland has an IQ score of 65.In addition,he has a small head,flat face,slanted eyes,and high cheekbones.Based on Leland's description and on statistics we can conclude that Leland's mother probably ___.

Matheus is writing a paper on the current view about intelligence and how it is structured.Which of the following views would Matheus's paper focus on?

Researchers believe that the heritability of intelligence is approximately

Rushton's work was criticized because he made no attempt to separate the effects of genetic factors from the effects of environmental factors on genetic factors.

Approximately ___% of people who are classified as intellectually disabled can benefit from schooling and support themselves as adults.