Chapter 8 Quiz Questions - Psychology

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People who are gifted have above-average intelligence which equates to an iQ of ____ or higher

130

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV)

16 years and up

Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI-IV)

2 years 6 months to 7 years 7 months

The IQs for individuals with cultural-familial intellectual disability range from

55 to 70

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV)

6 to 16 years of age

Who is credited with the development of the first intelligence test?

Alfred Binet

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Wechsler Intelligence Scales?

An adolescent could take either the WISC-IV or the WAIS-IV

Which of the following is in the triarchic theory of intelligence?

Analytical intelligence creative intelligence practical intelligence

How is fluid intelligence defined?

As the ability to reason abstractly

_______ is a technique in which individuals are encouraged to come up with creative ideas in a group, play off each other's ideas, and say practically whatever comes to mind

Brainstorming

Signs of domain-specific giftedness usually emerge during the ____ years

Childhood

______ thinking is the ability to think in novel and unusual ways and to come up with unique solutions to problems

Creative

One's accumulated information and verbal skills are components of _____ intelligence

Crystallized

One's accumulated information and verbal skills are components of ________ intelligence

Crystallized

Some suspected causes of _______ intellectual disabilities include growing up in a below-average intellectual environment

Cultural-familial

In addition to an IQ below 70, which of the following factors are necessary for a diagnosis of intellectual disability?

Difficulty adapting to everyday life

_______ thinking produces many different answers to the same question and characterizes creativity

Divergent

An organic intellectual disability occurring with the presence of an extra chromosome is called

Down syndrome

______ intelligence emphasizes interpersonal, intrapersonal, and practical aspects of intelligence

Emotional

______ intelligence is a person's ability to reason abstractly, and typically begins to decline in middle adulthood

Fluid

The _____ effect is the worldwide increase in intelligence test scores that has occurred over a short time frame

Flynn

What is a characteristic of gifted children (about help)?

Gifted children need minimal help from adults to learn in some areas

What are the findings of the Seattle Longitudinal Studies?

Highest level of function of four of six abilities occurred during middle adulthood (verbal ability, verbal memory, inductive reasoning, spatial orientation peaked in middle age) Numeric ability and perceptual speed declined in middle age Perceptual speed declines in early adulthood Middle-age men and women showed similar levels of peak performance in most cognitive abilities

Which of the following concepts encompasses problem-solving skills and the ability to learn from and adapt to experiences?

Intelligence

Binet felt intelligence consists of complex cognitive processes including which of the following?

Judgment Imagery Memory Comprehension

What factors have to be considered in discussing creativity and its genesis?

Lifetime output Individual differences Contrasts in creative fields

______ age is Binet's measure of an individual's level of intellectual development compared with that of others

Mental

What is Gardner's proposed types of intelligences?

Musical Mathematical Spatial Interpersonal Verbal

Identify the six mental abilities assessed in the Seattle Longitudinal Study

Numeric ability Spatial orientation Verbal comprehension Perceptual speed Inductive reasoning Verbal memory

What are the steps of the creative process?

Preparation Incubation Insight Evaluation Elaboration

The speed and accuracy of which processes are involved in cognitive mechanics?

Sensory input Attention Visual and motor memory

Emotional intelligence is defined by which of the following abilities?

The ability to accurately understand emotion The ability to manage emotions The ability to perceive and express emotion

A person is considered gifted when...

They have intellectual superiority and academic aptitude

Crystallized intelligence includes

Verbal skills Accumulated information

_______ is exceptional insight about human development and life matters, and is considered expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life

Wisdom

People with an IQ of 115 have:

a higher mental age than their chronological age

An assessment of individuals of different ages at the same point in time is a description of a ______study

cross-sectional

Tests that have questions that are familiar to children . from all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds and tests that have no verbal questions are examples of _________ tests

culturally fair

Research supports the conclusion that gifted people tend to have ______ emotional problems than others

fewer

The ability to solve problems and to adapt and learn from experiences is a description of

intelligence

The intelligence proposed by Howard Gardner that involves the ability to understand oneself is called ________ intelligence

intrapersonal

The intelligence proposed by Howard Garnder that involves the ability to understand oneself is called ________ intelligence

intrapersonal

Individuals with ______ intellectual disability usually have IQs that range from 0 to 50 as a result of a genetic disorder or brain damage

organic

Cognitive ______ are the culture-based "software" programs of the mind

pragmatics

Assessing parents' and offsprings' overall cognitive functioning between the ages of 60 and 67 years, Schaie found that

the parent generation showed cognitive declines during this time period, whereas their offspring showed stability or slight increases

Findings from the Seattle Longitudinal Study of cognitive abilities across the lifespan indicated that:

there were more peaks than declines in cognitive abilities in middle age


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