Module 6 Quiz

Samara meets a nurse. She immediately assumes he is able to help care for sick people, works long hours, and dispenses advice about illness because her ________ schema suggests that nurses behave this way.

role

Which of the following was asked by the French government to create a test to determine which children would have difficulty in school.

Alfred Binet

Which of the following is key to generating a bell curve?

Control group size

Identify the statement that correctly describes fluid or crystallized intelligence:

Crystallized intelligence is the knowledge and skills gained through experience and education.

______________ encompasses the ability to understand the emotions of yourself and others, show empathy, understand social relationships and cues, and regulate your own emotions.

Emotional intelligence

Each generation is appears to have a significantly higher IQ than the previous generation. This is called the _______________.

Flynn effect

Niaz's car breaks down, and he is convinced that it was a predictable event even though there was no way of knowing it would happen. This exemplifies ________.

Hindsight bias

Jake is sympathetic and considerate of his friends' moods. He really identifies with their feelings and readily understands their point of view. He is well-known around campus, and he has great relationships with his classmates and professors. Which area of Howard Gardner's intelligence does this exemplify?

Interpersonal

Nima excels at working with numbers in subjects such as calculus and algebra. This exemplifies ________ intelligence according to Howard Gardner.

Logical-mathematical

__________ asserted that humans are born with a biological predisposition to acquire language.

Noam Chomsky

Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence?

Robert Sternberg

___________ refers to the way words are organized into a sentence

Syntax

Bernadette has difficulty spelling words correctly while writing and mixes up letters within words and sentences. Which learning disability does she have?

dyslexia

Which concept is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for?

functional fixedness

Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ________ concept.

natural

The average score on an IQ test is 100. In modern IQ testing, one standard deviation is 15 points. Someone with an IQ of 115 would be described as________.

one standard deviation above the mean

Anwar dresses for a cold fall day and steps outside to find it sunny and hot. He goes back inside to change out of his sweater and jeans into a shirt and shorts. Anwar is demonstrating the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence.

practical

A(an) ________ is the best example, or representation, of a concept.

prototype

Ilayda assumes that her professors spend their free time reading books and engaging in intellectual conversation, because the idea of them spending their time playing volleyball or visiting an amusement park does not fit in with her stereotypes of professors. This exemplifies ________.

representational bias

After the first few months of life, babies enter what is known as the ________ stage, during which time they tend to produce single syllables, such as buh-buh, that are repeated over and over.

babbling