Unit 2.8: Intelligence Pre-Test

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Sir Francis Galton believed that intelligence was:

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heritable

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Psychologists today have established a single, widely accepted operational definition of "intelligence". True or False?

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False

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Known by the concept ___________________, Charles Spearman's theory was that a variety of specific skills come together to comprise one's overall intelligence.

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general intelligence

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Francis Galton's intelligence tests have been criticized for: confirmation bias, unwittingly favoring white males, promoting ideas that would lead to eugenics?

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all of the above

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Howard Gardner of Harvard identified eight relatively independent types of intelligence. Among these are: logic smart, word smart, picture smart, self smart, nature smart, music smart, body smart, people smart (interpersonal).

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all of the above

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Howard Gardner argued that traditional intelligence tests placed too much emphasis on:

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"school success" skills like math and verbal abilities

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Factor analysis refers to a psychological approach to intelligence wherein measures of specific subtypes of intelligence can be correlated to infer an individual's "general intelligence".

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measures of specific subtypes of intelligence can be correlated to infer an individual's "general intelligence"

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The triarchic theory of intelligence proposes that there are three broad types of intelligence:

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practical, analytical, creative

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In order to be valid, intelligence tests ought to conform to certain __________________ principles.

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psychometric

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The Flynn Effect refers to:

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an apparent increase in average IQ scores over time