Question 1

Knowing a child's IQ at age 3 is

Accepted Answer

A) a highly reliable and valid measure of future IQ. 
B) only valid if a culture-fair IQ test was used. 
C) only a valid measure for children with average IQs and not for gifted or the intellectually disabled. 
D) unreliable and tells us very little about what the child's IQ will be in adulthood.

Question 2

Regarding the identification of giftedness, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Limiting giftedness to high IQ can shortchange children with special talents. 
B) Ethnic minority children may not be recognized as gifted because of subtle biases in standardized intelligence tests. 
C) Children with physical disabilities are more likely to be recognized as being gifted because of the contrast with their physical abilities. 
D) Early signs of giftedness include showing kindness, understanding, and cooperation with others.

Question 3

Which of the following psychologists believes that how smart you are depends on the three factors of neural intelligence, reflective intelligence, and experiential intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A) Lewis Terman 
B) David Perkins 
C) Aaron Sloman 
D) Howard Gardner

Question 4

As part of a game show, Jon is placed in a room with only a few objects to use in order to escape. To deal with this novel situation, Jon will need to use his __________ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) fluid 
B) implicit 
C) crystallized 
D) reflective

Question 5

Compared to adopted children who grow up in high socioeconomic status (SES)homes, adopted children who grow up in low SES homes

Accepted Answer

A) develop higher IQs. 
B) develop the same IQ regardless of the SES. 
C) tend to be less influenced by environmental factors. 
D) tend to be more dramatically influenced by environmental factors.

Question 6

In existence for about 50 years, the largest federally funded early childhood education program in the United States is __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In existence for about 50 years, the...

Question 7

Aaron is seven years old, is larger than average for his age, and has a long, thin face and big ears. He has an intellectual disability, is hyperactive, and has a peculiar tendency to avoid eye contact with others. Aaron most likely has

Accepted Answer

A) Down syndrome. 
B) fragile X syndrome. 
C) phenylketonuria (PKU). 
D) cretinism.

Question 8

If a computer program behaves as humans do, including making the same errors, then the program may be a good model of how we think. Thus, when a computer acts as a "laboratory" for testing models of cognition, it is referred to as a

Accepted Answer

A) symbiotic model. 
B) novice system. 
C) modular system. 
D) computer simulation.

Question 9

Being emotionally skilled can make us more flexible, adaptable, and agreeable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

According to the neural basis of intelligence, people with higher intelligence tend to have faster reaction times.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Connie is taking the Stanford-Binet (SB5), and is asked to choose a picture that shows how a piece of paper would look if it were folded or cut. Which cognitive factor is being measured using this particular task?

Accepted Answer

A) fluid reasoning 
B) working memory 
C) quantitative reasoning 
D) visual-spatial processing

Question 12

Alfred Binet is best known for

Accepted Answer

A) conducting a longitudinal study of the gifted. 
B) developing a broader view of intelligence that includes eight different kinds of intelligence. 
C) developing the first useful individual test of intelligence. 
D) developing the first culture-fair test of intelligence.

Question 13

The relationship (correlation)between IQ scores and school grades is

Accepted Answer

A) about .50. 
B) very low. 
C) about .25. 
D) too variable to be of much importance.

Question 14

Computer simulations and expert systems provide good examples of __________ intelligence.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Computer simulations and expert systems provide good...

Question 15

People with which of the following abilities tend to be more flexible, adaptable, and agreeable, and excel at life because they do not stifle their emotions nor overindulge them?

Accepted Answer

A) emotional intelligence 
B) dogmatic pragmatism 
C) kinesic sensitivity 
D) creative intuition

Question 16

A writer, lawyer, and comedian would probably use which of Gardner's kinds of intelligence the MOST?

Accepted Answer

A) language 
B) logic and math 
C) intrapersonal skills 
D) visual and spatial thinking

Question 17

The subtests of Digit Span and Arithmetic make up which section of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV)?

Accepted Answer

A) verbal comprehension 
B) perceptual reasoning 
C) working memory 
D) processing speed

Question 18

When Elena experiences a negative emotion, such as anger, she usually recognizes it quickly and tries to Think Critically what caused this emotion, what it means, and how it has affected her behavior in the past. She then uses this information to enhance her thinking and decision making. Because Elena perceives, uses, and understands her emotions, we would say that she

Accepted Answer

A) is emotionally intelligent. 
B) is intuitive. 
C) is dogmatic. 
D) has all of these characteristics.

Question 19

Crystallized intelligence is the ability to

Accepted Answer

A) think both inductively and deductively. 
B) solve problems using already acquired knowledge. 
C) use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills. 
D) solve novel problems involving perceptual speed or rapid insight.

Question 20

Which type of disorders affect energy production and energy use in the body and can also cause intellectual disability?

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 9: Intelligence