ch 7 psychology

what question would be more likely to produce divergent thinking?

"how many uses can you think of for a clothes hanger?"

In Terman's study of gifted children, mental health issues and relationship problems only occurred in those with IQs of how much?

180 or higher

what test came first?

Binet's mental ability test

in contrast to comparing mental age to chronological age, most modern test of intelligence use what?

age-group comparison norms

according to Sternberg, 'book smarts" is another way of talking about which kind of intelligence?

analytical

cognitive universalism tends to blank the linguistic relativity hypothesis.

contradict

what may be the best predictor of why some people do not excel in school but essentially succeed in their life and career choices?

emotional intelligence

a psychologist ask people to envision a circle. Next he asked them to draw the circle they envisioned. When comparing the pictures, almost all circles looked identical. The fact that a circle typically fits a specific and rigid set of rules is an example of a what?

formal concept

Dr. Thomas has found that William, her patient, has a defect in a gene on the X chromosome of his 23rd pair, which has resulted in a deficiency of a protein needed for Williams brain development. Will most likely suffers from what?

fragile X syndrome

one day at work, Pauline's earring fell off on the floor and she was unable to find the back. To keep from losing her earring, Pauline reinserted it and used part of a pencil eraser to keep the earring in place. Using a pencil eraser as a temporary earring back showed that Pauline overcame what?

functional fixedness

Dr. Miller works with children who have grown up in a poor socioeconomic conditions. Many of her clients come from homes that did not emphasize education or social involvement, and opportunities for advancement are practically non-existent. Many are malnourished, have been exposed to a variety of environmental toxins, and have multiple infections without adequate or timely health care. What might these children be at risk for?

intellectual disability

What does the Flynn effect theorize?

intelligence scores are steadily increasing in modernized countries

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf theorized blank, a concept reflected in their linguistic relativity hypothesis.

language shapes thoughts

trial and error is sometimes referred to as a what?

mechanical solution

Kahneman describes System 1 processes as what?

mental actions that are completely involuntary.

the goal of all test developers is to blank cultural bias and their intelligence tests.

minimize

research suggests we engage mental images in our mind blank the way we engage or interact with physical objects.

much like

which type of intelligence, according to Howard Gardner, would most likely be present in farmers, landscapers, and biologists?

naturalist

Dr. Davenport gives all her classes 45 minutes to complete their psychology test regardless of if the class meets for 50 minutes, 75 minutes, or even 3 hours. Such a technique interest test are what?

standardization

John and Karen bought a new house with an unfinished basement. To determine how they want to finish it, they lay down tape on the floor showing where walls will go and rooms will be. This process of problem solving is known as what?

working backwards from the goal