Psychology Quiz

Activity in the brain when a person is organizing/understanding information is called?

The ability to learn from experiences, acquire knowledge and use resources in adapting to new situations is called?

Ideas used to describe a class or category of objects, events, or activities

Which one of the following is NOT an intelligence in the Triarchic theory?

• Practical intelligence

• Situational intelligence

• Creative intelligence

• Analytical intelligence

What refers to the representation of the results of a test given to a large group of people for which it is designed for?

• Generalization

• Standardization

• Cultural bias

• Deviation IQ scores

Which of the following refers to an assumption that any object sharing characteristics with the members of a particular category is also a member of that category?

• Availability heuristic

• Heuristic

• Representativeness heuristic

• Algorithm

Divergent thinking is the idea that you have one use for one point only?

• True

• False

Which ability, proposed by Charles Spearman, does general reasoning and problem solving fall under?

• general intelligence

• specific intelligence

• problem intelligence

• creative intelligence

Which form of intelligence is often referred to as “street smarts?”

Which process is also referred to as, “rule of thumb?”