intelligence

Dylan is interested in studying the human capacity to reason, remember, understand and solve problems. She plans to conduct various studies to better understand:

• Aptitude

• Divergent thinking

• Achievement

• Cognitive ability

Which of the following is not an advantage of intelligence test over interviews?

• It costs less to obtain the information

• They allow the calculation of norms

• They allow a non-quantifiable estimate of performance

• They are standardised

IQ of children whose parents encourage learning tend to be _______ than those of children whose parents do not

Robert Critical does not like intelligence tests and loves to talk about all the problems and intelligence testing involves. Which of his criticisms would not be accurate?

• Intelligence tests assess only a narrow range of abilities

• Intelligence tests do not predict success in the workplace

• Intelligence tests may be biased against certain groups

• Intelligence tests are not valid is every case

The triarchic theory of intelligence highlights the fact that some people with low intelligence can still succeed at complex tasks of daily living.

• True

• False

According to the textbook, most psychologist agree that the definition of intelligence includes all of the following except the ability to:

• Reason adaptively in different environments

• Think abstractly and problem-solve

• Acquire knowlegde

• Perform well on standardised tests of intelligence

Sanjay is a psychologist who is studying how well people perform on a dichotic listening task. He hypothesises that more intelligent people will perform better on this task because they are able to mobilise and distribute their attention more readily. Sanjay probably takes a(n) _____ approach to intelligence.

• Information-processing

• Divergent thinking

• Psychometric

• Hereditarian

Children living in poverty tend to have ______ IQ than those in middle-class families

Karen’s new printer was printing too lightly. Even though she had never fixed a printer before, Karen figured out how to open the printer, remove the print Cartlidge and replace it with a new one. The printing was then perfect. Since Karen fixed the printer without previous experience, she relied on her ______ intelligence.

• Fluid

• Informal

• Formal

• Crystallised

Chen is reading about the history of IQ testing. She finds that Binet’s original intelligence test did not:

• Assume that children’s ability increased with age

• Deal with the concept of mental age versus chronological age

• Attempt to test the ability to reason

• Include items for adults