Intelligence Test - Intro Fall 2020

Which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating?

• universal grammar

• heuristic

• cognition

• syntax

Kevin did not know whether the locker room was located down the short hallway to his right or down the long hallway to his left. Crossing his fingers, he decided to try the short hallway. His problem-strategy best illustrates

• confirmation bias

• the framing effect.

• trial and error.

• belief perseverance.

An algorithm is a(n)

• simple thinking strategy for making decisions quickly and efficiently

• testing method involving trial and error.

• automatic, intuitive judgment.

• methodical step-by-step procedure for solving problems.

Simple thinking strategies that allow us to solve problems and make judgments efficiently are called

• fixations.

• heuristics

• perceptual sets.

• algorithms

Our tendency to judge the likelihood of an event on the basis of how readily instances come to mind is called

• framing.

• confirmation bias.

• belief perseverance.

• the availability heuristic.

Which obstacle to problem solving involves getting hung up on an incorrect view of a problem?

• trial and error

• fixation

• stereotype threat

• standardization

The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to

• search for information that supports our preconceptions

• judge the likelihood of events on the basis of how easily we can remember examples of them.

• overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgments

• make judgments in a very inefficient, time-consuming fashion

The earliest stage of speech development is called the ________ stage

• babbling

• telegraphic speech

• one-word

• grammatical

Twenty-five-year-old Maya is mentally limited and can neither read nor write. However, after hearing complex musical selections just once, she can reproduce them precisely on the piano. It is likely that Maya is

• gifted with a superior level of Spearman's g factor.

• demonstrating a high level of emotional intelligence.

• above average in her capacity for creative thinking

• someone with savant syndrome

A test of your ability to learn to be an automobile mechanic would be considered a(n) ________ test.

• reliability

• achievement

• aptitude

• intelligence