Intelligence chp 7 quiz

Children who live in poverty perform worse on intelligence tests because they __________.

"experience more pervasive daily stress, which affects how the brain functions and develops, thus causing a dip in IQ scores"

At what age can babies only discriminate among those phonemes that are used in the language(s) in their environments?

12 months old

"From ________ months old, children are most capable of using simple sentences such as I see."

18 to 24

Which researchers suggested that language determines thought?

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf

Which of the following statements about Howard Gardner is false?

He believed discussing IQ as standard deviations from average was inaccurate.

Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence?

Robert Sternberg

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

Raymond Cattell was a psychologist who __________.

divided intelligence into two components

"Scientists who study cognition are searching for ways to understand how we ___________, organize, and utilize our conscious cognitive experiences without being aware of all the unconscious work that our brains are doing."

integrate

Which term refers to the vocabulary of language?

lexicon

What impact did Genie's early isolation have on her ability to acquire language. She never developed a(n) _____________.

mastery of the grammatical aspects of language

"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

"Which of the following is an example of an abstract, complex concept?"

patriotism

A(n) _________ is a basic sound unit of a given language.

phoneme

"Lauren is gifted in the area of body movement. Her ability to balance and coordinate her body's movement enables her to do well in basketball, baseball, and field hockey. Which area of intelligence does this exemplify?

bodily kinesthetic