PSYCH QUIZZES
which statement best describes what today's IQ scores represent
a persons performance on intelligence tests relative to a comparison group of people
Kohlberg described the type of moral reasoning used by most adults as
conventional
analytical intelligence is best described as the ability to
deal with abstract information to solve problems
in older people, a decline in cognitive functioning as a result of damage or disease, rather than aging, is called
dementia
the _____ at one end of the cochlea is sensitive to the vibrations of the bones of the middle ear
oval window
nociceptors are free nervy endings that are specialized to sense
pain
in a sense, phantom limb pain is a purely ______ phenomenon
perceptual
heritability estimates for IQ apply to ___ but tell us nothing about ____
populations, individuals
geno was just an average student in school, but he operates a very successful auto repair shop. according to Sternberg's views, Geno most likely has a responsible amount of ______ intelligence
practical
according to the figure, what is the IQ score of an individual in the 50th percentile?
100
based on the original definition of IQ, a student with and IQ score of 120 is likely to answer IQ test questions like someone who is age ___, even thought eh students chronological age is ___
12, 10
most estimates of the heritability of IQ are close to the estimate that about ____ percent of the variability in IQ scores is due to genetic variability
50%
when we examine the standard distribution of IQ scores, we see that about ____ percent of the population will achieve an IQ score ____
95% between 70 and 130
according to the trichromatic theory of color vision, which would be most likely to suffer from colorblindnsess
Cornell, whose long wavelength cones have exceptional sensitivity
The most widely used intelligence test for children today is the
Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC)
neuropathic pain is caused by
a damaged or malfunctioning nervous system
example that best illustrates the plasticity of the brain
a stroke patient who recovers some abilities as the brain reorganizes itself and moves functions form the damaged location to a new one
which of the following scenarios best illustrates size constancy
as you approach a monument, you perceive that the monument remains the same size
achievement tests differ from intelligence tests in that they
assess readiness for college study
about half of the individuals with savant syndrome also display
autism
standard deviation is the
average amount that each score falls above or below the mean.
the main difference between binocular and monocular depth cues is that
binocular cues require information from both eyes, while monocular does not
which statement best captures the concept of a sensitive period
children under age 5 are overly sensitive to criticism by their parents and should not be scolded
the depth cue of motion parallax accounts for the fact that while you are moving forward, you will perceive the
closest objects as moving fastest and in the opposite direction
in order for a percentile score to be useful, you must
compare the score with those of other people in the same population
your friend tom lacks the ability to feel pain, tom has
congenital insensitivity to pain
if you were an artist drawing a cityscape, you would apply the linear perspective depth cue by
drawing the streets converging with the edges of the buildings at the horizon
which of the following conditions affects the appearance of the child's face and causes significant damage to the developing brain?
fetal alcohol syndrome
When you eat a slice of pizza, your blissful experience called ______ is the combined stimulation provided to taste receptors in the mouth and olfactory receptors in the nose
flavor
___ intelligence is the ability to reason abstractly and solve novel problems, and ___ intelligence I the accumulation of facts, experience, and historical references
fluid , crystalized
Raymond Cattell suggested that generalized intelligence is made up of
fluid intelligence and crystalized intelligence
for practical purposes, IQ scores reflect what spearman considered to be ____ intelligence
generalized
The Stanford - Binet test and the Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC) report similar IQ for children, indicating the the two tests,
have cross test reliability
which of the following questions is a psychophysicist likely to be most interested in asking
how much louder must a sound be before a person can detect that it is louder than the original sound
how does the figure illustrate the concept of sensory threshold
if the stimulus is weak enough, the sensory receptor will not reach threshold and will not produce an action potential
baby chicks born on a farm will often follow the human that they first see when they hatch. this is a result of _____, the innate process fo learning to recognize a parent
imprinting
contrast neurogenesis with differentiation
in neurogenesis, neurons begin to form, in differentiation, neurons become specialized
according to the duplex theory, we both use ____ differences and _____ differences to localize sounds
intensity, latency
with which of the following do Lawrence Kohlberg's views on moral development agree most closely?
jean Piagets views on cognitive development
webers fraction expresses the ____ as a proportion of the original stimulus
just noticeable difference (JND)
the graph showing the students tests scores shows the test
lacks test-retest reliability
all of the following have been shown to correlate with high IQ scores except
life satisfaction
an absolute threshold is the
lowest intensity of a stimulus that a person can detect half the time
the Binet- Simon scale was meant to reveal wether a child's ______ age matched his or her _____ age
mental, chronological
when a culturally unbiased intelligence test is being constructed, it should
minimize the use of language
occlusion is a _____ depth cue
monocular
the brains of patients with alzheimers disease are typically littered with clumps of dead and dying neurons called
neuritic plaques
which of the following is true regarding normal neuronal cell death
neurons normally continue to die until adolescence
a team of psych developed new intelligence test. some have 20 some have 50, some have one hour some have all the time they need, this means this new intelligence test is...
not standardized
which of the following scenarios would signal detection be most difficult because of ambient noise
noticing the text alert sound from the cell phone in your pocket while you walk throughout the supermarket
the olfactory system routes information directly to the ____ of the brain
olfactory bulb
developing a sense of morality is one of the toughest challenges for adolescents because it
requires higher order thought processes and conflicting information
all of the following activities have been shown to prevent the development of Alzheimers disease except
resting the brain by avoiding complex cognitive tasks
which of the following shows Piagets stages of development in the correct order
sensorimotor- preoperational- concrete operational - formal operational
research suggests that racial differences in average IQ among americans is most likely due to
socioeconomic factors
performance IQ, represented by the bottom line in the graph, refers to a person's ability to
solve an unfamiliar problem quickly
which statement correctly distinguishes between standardization and normalization of intelligence tests
standardization allows for uniform administration of tests, normalization establishes the performance average and variability
the observation that adolescent brains show thinning in the top region of the cortex is evidence of the neural developmental process called
synapse rearrangement
the gestalt rules of perception seek to explain the ways in which
vision organizes images
in psychology, the word "noise" is defined as
the firing of a sensory cell without a stimulus or in response to an irrelevant stimulus
what was Mary Ainsworth trying to determine when she devised the strange situation experiment
the nature of infants attachment to their mothers
what was Kohlberg most interested in when examining people's responses to the fictional story of Heinz stealing a drug from his ailing wife
the nature of their reasoning about their choice
a 7 yr old is better able to understand his friends' feelings than a 3 yr old. the 7 yr old has acquired a
theory of mind
monozygotic twins raised together have a higher correlation in IQ scores that MZ twins raised apart. this offers proof that
there may be an environmental influence on intelligence
why would you feel pain when placing your hand on both a hot and a cold pipe at the same time
touch receptors are reporting the sensations of heat and cold, but the brain combines the two and perceives pain
researchers can tell if an infant prefers a visual stimulus, such as a face, to another stimulus by
tracking how long an infant looks at each stimulus
the fact that we have short, medium, and long wavelength cones that each respond to lights of different colors is most supportive of the ______ theory of color vision
trichromatic
the cochlea relays information to the brain about sound when
vibrations in the cochlea bend the hairs of the hair cells, producing an action potential in a neuron underneath the hair cells
Which sense is the least mature at birth
vision
most stages of brain development are completed before
young adulthood
