Question 1

What is the relationship between age and wisdom?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is no relationship between age and wisdom, one has nothing to do with the other. 
B)  Growing older causes wisdom. 
C)  There is a strong positive correlation between age and wisdom, but age does not cause wisdom. 
D)  All old people are wise, and few young people are wise.

Question 2

When Rodolfo was born,he had a very thin cortex.Although it became much thicker,at the age of 12 or 13,it began to thin again.Based on patterns of brain growth as identified in your text,what could be predicted about Rodolfo's intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rodolfo is highly intelligent. 
B)  Rodolfo is of average intelligence. 
C)  Rodolfo is below average intelligence. 
D)  Rodolfo's intelligence level is changing over time.

Question 3

If a human resource officer gives perspective employees a test to help them decide if they would have the ability to perform a specific job,what attribute of the test should they be most concerned with?

Accepted Answer

A)  standardization 
B)  reliability 
C)  validity 
D)  criterion norming

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the relationship between intelligence and job complexity?

Accepted Answer

A)  More intelligent people are more likely to work in complex jobs. 
B)  Working in complex jobs makes people more intelligent. 
C)  Wealthy people are more likely to be intelligent and more likely to work in complex jobs. 
D)  There is probably a reciprocal (two-way) relationship between intelligence and job complexity.

Question 5

Quade's PET scan research suggests that verbal tests activate the left lateral ___ cortex.

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Question 6

Which of the following positions was proposed by Hernstein and Murray in their book The Bell Curve?

Accepted Answer

A)  Putting children from underprivileged environments into enriched environments can increase IQ scores by 10-15 points. 
B)  Racial differences in IQ scores are the result of test bias and unequal life experiences. 
C)  Conventional IQ tests do not measure intelligence accurately. 
D)  People with high intelligence reach the upper levels of society, while those with lesser intelligence drift toward the bottom.

Question 7

As children get older their cortex progressively gets thinner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Marcus is a hockey player and has been playing since he was 4 years old.According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences,what type of intelligence would Marcus excel at?

Accepted Answer

A)  linguistic 
B)  logical/mathematical 
C)  bodily/kinesthetic 
D)  spatial

Question 9

To which of the following occupations would social intelligence be most important?

Accepted Answer

A)  lawyer 
B)  company CEO 
C)  social worker 
D)  doctor

Question 10

Are there more people that fall at the extreme low end of the IQ range or more people in the high end of the IQ range?

Accepted Answer

A)  there are more people at the extreme low end 
B)  there are more people at the extreme high end 
C)  there are equal numbers of people at the extreme low and high end 
D)  there used to be more people at the low end, but today there are far more people at the high end

Question 11

Which of the following people would be the best example of Sternberg's concept of practical (experiential)intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dr. Patel is a gifted cancer researcher who has written many books on the subject. 
B)  Jason is in charge of finding buyers for parts from vintage cars for his family business. 
C)  Martha is an inventor who has a knack for seeing things that others miss. 
D)  Jeanne is a librarian with an encyclopaedic knowledge of Shakespeare.

Question 12

Which of the following best illustrates the two-factor theory of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intelligence is divided into analytical intelligence and practical intelligence. 
B)  Intelligence is composed of fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence. 
C)  Intelligence has an overall general factor, and a series of specific factors. 
D)  Intelligence is made up of both primary and secondary abilities.

Question 13

What two areas of the brain may be activated by spatial tasks?

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Question 14

Children who are deemed 'gifted' share some common characteristics.Which of the following is NOT one of these characteristics?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are intrinsically motivated. 
B)  They have difficulties with social and emotional intelligence. 
C)  They are pushed by parents who set high expectations for their children. 
D)  They are raised in stimulating environments.

Question 15

Quality of adaptation is NOT an effective predictor of intellectual disability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following statements about school and intellectual development is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children whose birthdays allow them just make the cut-off for school attendance tend to struggle more than children who do not make the cut-off and are almost a year older when they start. 
B)  Students' IQ scores tend to drop during the school year as they struggle to learn a lot of additional information, and then rise during the summer when they are less stressed. 
C)  When children are moved from financially poor schools to more affluent schools, their IQ scores increase. 
D)  Children with very high intelligence scores tend to drop out of school because they get bored.

Question 17

Based on the research findings presented in your text,compared to Western cultures,Taiwanese-Chinese cultures are more likely to consider ___ to be an important intellectual ability.

Accepted Answer

A)  general cognitive factor 
B)  intellectual self-assertion 
C)  interpersonal intelligence 
D)  intrapersonal intelligence

Question 18

Describe how brain size,number of neurons,processing speed,brain activity,and cortical thickness relate to intelligence.

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Question 19

Psychologist Howard Gardner is known for this theory of ___.

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Question 20

Describe 3 characteristics of Down's syndrome?

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Exam 10: Intelligence