Module 8 Lesson 2

People with savant syndrome are best described as those who demonstrate

• high levels of emotional intelligence.

• difficulty remembering past experiences.

• an exceptional specific skill.

• a lack of numerical ability.

Howard Gardner developed the Multiple Intelligence test and suggested that people who use language to express and understand ideas, fall under which intelligence group? 

• Interpersonal Intelligence

• Linguistic Intelligence

• Intrapersonal Intelligence

• Naturalist Intelligence

If a test is standardized, this means that

• it accurately measures what it is intended to measure.

• most test scores will cluster near the average.

• the test will yield consistent results when administered on different occasions.

• a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative pretested group.

The is the level of performance typically associated with children of a certain chronological age. 

• Biological Clock

• Mental Age

• Emotional Intelligence

• Intelligence Quotient

Crystallized intelligence refers most directly to a person's____________

A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to is said to have a high degree of

• validity.

• standardization.

• reliability.

Howard Gardner developed the Multiple Intelligence test and suggested that people who are often referred to as "artistic" or "creative", fall under which intelligence group? 

• Naturalist Intelligence

• Linguistic Intelligence

• Spatial Intelligence

• Existential Intelligence

Those who are socially aware and know what to say to soothe a grieving friend or to encourage a struggling workmate most clearly demonstrate

• existential intelligence.

• fluid intelligence.

• creative intelligence.

• emotional intelligence.

Psychologists use ________ to assess individuals' mental aptitudes and compare them with those of others, using numerical scores.

• eugenics

• reliability coefficients

• intelligence tests

Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's

• accumulated knowledge.

• ability to reason speedily and abstractly.

• ability to engage in factor analysis.

• ability to use different brain regions for storing memories.