2A and 2B quiz

Thorndike created the concept of “g” to represent general intelligence.

• True

• False

The Wechsler series of intelligence tests comprises four tests, one for each of four different age groups.

• True

• False

_____ introduced the concept of “g,” intelligence as a general, singular characteristic.

• Thorndike

• Piaget

• Wechsler

• Spearman

Cattell proposed the existence of two separate intelligences: _____ intelligence, the ability to reason when faced with novel problems; and _____ intelligence, the body of knowledge one has accumulated from life experiences.

• fluid, crystallized

• crystallized, fluid

• three-stratum, two-stratum

• two-stratum, three-stratum

_____ refers to a person’s cognitive capacity. _____ refers to what a person has accomplished.

• Achievement, Intelligence

• Intelligence, Achievement

• Verbal fluency, Verbal knowledge

• Verbal knowledge, Verbal fluency

The stage in Piaget's Theory where a child have the ability to systematically solve a problem in a logical and methodological way.

• 
  Sensorimotor Stage

• Concrete Operational Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Formal Operational Stage

The process of taking in new information and adding it to what the child already knows is called __________

• accommodation

• schemata

• assimilation

• object permanence

Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

To assess whether intelligence is a single trait or a collection of several distinct abilities, psychologists have made extensive use of

• 
  standardization

• factor analysis

• reliability

• norm-reference sampling

The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called

• the Flynn effect.

• the Halo effect

• the Horn Effect

• None of the choices