Intelligence Chapter

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of what is commonly called intelligence?

• artistic ability

• problem solving

• the ability to use knowledge to adapt to new situations

• the ability to learn from experience

Howard Gardner identified a total of ________ relatively independent intelligences.

• three

• five

• nine

• twelve

Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, practical, and ________ intelligence.

• intrapersonal

• creative

• spatial

• musical

The ability to delay immediate pleasures in pursuit of long-range rewards is most clearly a characteristic of

• emotional intelligence.

• the g factor.

• savant syndrome.

• practical intelligence.

The nineteenth-century English scientist Sir Francis Galton believed that

• mental abilities cannot be measured.

• superior intelligence is biologically inherited.

• academic aptitude measures chronological age rather than mental age.

• intelligence test performance depends on motivation rather than ability.

In the early twentieth century, the U.S. government developed intelligence tests to evaluate newly arriving immigrants. Poor test scores among immigrants who were not of Anglo-Saxon heritage were attributed by some psychologists of that day to

• stereotype threat.

• innate mental inferiority.

• savant syndrome.

• differences in cultural experiences.

It would be reasonable to suggest that the Flynn effect is due in part to

• the deteriorating quality of parental involvement in children's education.

• greater educational opportunities, smaller families, and rising living standards.

• the decreasing reliance on a single test score as an index of mental aptitudes.

• the failure to restandardize existing intelligence tests.

Researchers at one point in time assess and compare the performance of different age groups on the SAT. The procedure used in this research best illustrates

• a cross-sectional study.

• a cohort study.

• a longitudinal study.

• the Flynn effect.

An IQ of approximately 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the normal demands of life is most clearly an indication of

• gifted intelligence.

• crystallized intelligence.

• fluid intelligence.

• an intellectual disability.

Sarah comes from a loving but poor family. Her family wants her to do well in school, and so has enrolled her in a program to boost her cognitive and social skills, called

• Project Epigenetics.

• Project Growth Mindset.

• Project Head Start.

• Project Polygenetics.