PSYC 300 Quiz 7
The field of psychology dedicated to examining how people think is called...
Cognitive
Who developed Multiple Intelligence Theory?
Gardner
Standard deviations describe how data is dispersed in ...
a lab experiment
Natural concepts are mental groupings created naturally through our ________.
experiences
In Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory, ________ intelligence and ________ intelligence are often combined into a single type: emotional intelligence.
interpersonal; intrapersonal
A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.
morpheme
Aram is proficient in playing a number of instruments and can easily learn new songs and rhythms. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.
musical
What is a natural concept?
A concept that is created through your experiences
A schemata (also called schema) is...
A mental construct that consists of a cluster of related concepts
The word ________ is both a morpheme and a phoneme.
I
What should be changed to make the following sentence true? 'Fluid intelligence is characterized as acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it.'
The word 'Fluid' should be changed to the word 'Crystallized.'
Which of the following is key to generating a bell curve?
sample size
A problem-solving formula that provides you with step-by-step instructions used to achieve an outcome is called...
an algorithm
Carmela believes her assistant, Lian, is incompetent. She notices only what Lian does wrong while ignoring the above average quality of most of her work. This exemplifies ________ bias.
confirmation
The tendency to focus on information that confirms your existing beliefs is called
confirmation bias
Which of the following does the triarchic theory of intelligence not view as a part comprising intelligence?
emotional intelligence
The ability to tackle complex and abstract challenges in your daily life is best known as which of the following intelligences?
fluid intelligence
Using tongs to reach an item on a high shelf is an example of...
overcoming functional fixedness
A(an) ________ is a basic sound unit of a given language.
phoneme
Raymond Cattell was a psychologist who ________.
divided intelligence into two components