Psychology Chapter 7 Quiz Questions

Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence?

Robert Sternberg

Raymond Cattell was a psychologist who ________.

divided intelligence into two components

________ and ________ are powerful influences on both our thoughts and behaviors.

emotion; memory

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

The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to ________.

analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast

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

Which of the following statements about algorithms is false?

Algorithms are used frequently in our everyday lives.

What do the concepts of representational bias, anchoring bias, and hindsight bias all have in common?

All of the concepts are examples of mental set.

Anywhere between 30-70% of individuals with diagnosed cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) also have some sort of ________.

learning disability

Which term refers to the vocabulary of a language?

lexicon

Schemata are a(an) ________.

method of organizing information that allows the brain to work more efficiently

In psychology, concepts can be divided into two categories: ________ and ________.

natural; artificial

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

patriotism

Samara meets a nurse. She immediately assumes he is able to help care for sick people, works long hours, and dispenses advice about illness because her ________ schema suggests that nurses behave this way.

role

Which of the following is key to generating a bell curve?

sample size

Mel is an adult who can take care of his basic needs, but he requires oversight while he paints and someone to check on his living conditions daily. Which subtype of intellectual disability describes Mel?

severe

Mikel can look at an engineering plan and quickly build a scale model. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.

spacial

Parents of African American students filed a case against the state of California in 1979 because they believed the testing method used to identify students with learning disabilities________.

was culturally unfair as the tests were normed and standardized using White children

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 is a criticism of the Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf research on language?

It was not empirical

What should be changed to make the following sentence true "Arthur Jensen theorized that Level I intelligence is responsible for conceptual and analytical abilities while Level II intelligence is responsible for rote memorization."

The placement of the phrases "Level I" and "Level II" should be switched.

Kai cuts her foot while hiking. She forgot to pack bandages, but she has a tube of superglue and uses that to seal the wound. Kai's ability to invent a solution uses the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence.

creative