AP Psych: Module 60

_____ is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.

• grit

• savant syndrome

• emotional intelligence

• intelligence

• general intelligence

According to Robert Sternberg, what kind of intelligence is assessed by traditional intelligence tests?

• analytical

• creative

• linguistic

• practical

• spatial

An ____ is used to assess people's mental abilities and compares them with others, using numerical scores.

• intelligence test

• aptitude test

• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

• intelligence quotient

• achievement test

Which term best describes the condition in which a person with limited mental ability excels at a specific skill such as computation?

• creative intelligence

• emotional intelligence

• street smarts

• g factor

• savant syndrome

What were Sternberg's three intelligences?

• analytical, creative, interpersonal

• practical naturalistic, musical

• analytical, creative, bodily-kinesthetic

• practical, creative, analytical

• creative, practical, linguistic

What were Gardner's eight intelligences?

• creative, emotional, linguistic, musical, personal, statistical, mathematical, and bodily

• emotional, linguistic, intelligence, general, kinesthetic, intrapersonal, logical, and personal

• naturalist, linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, and interpersonal

• natural, language, instrumental, space, bodily, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and mathematical.

_____ proposed the triarchic theory of three intelligences?

• Charles Spearman

• Ivan Pavlov

• Robert Sternberg

• Howard Gardner

• Sigmund Freud

General intelligence is best defined as....

• a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing.

• a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test.

• passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals.

• a mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.

• a factor that, according to Spearman, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.