Question 1

Which statement regarding the number of middle-level mental abilities is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Psychologists are in general agreement that there are three middle-level abilities.
B)  Psychologists are in general agreement that there are five middle-level abilities.
C)  Psychologists are in general agreement that there are eight middle-level abilities.
D)  Psychologists are not in general agreement as to the number of middle-level abilities.

Question 2

The genetic influence on intelligence is illustrated by the finding that:

Accepted Answer

A)  unrelated siblings raised together are more similar than are related siblings reared apart.
B)  identical twins reared apart are more similar than are fraternal twins reared together.
C)  parents and biological children living together are more similar than are parents and biological children living apart.
D)  identical twins living together are more similar than are identical twins living apart.

Question 3

A _____ approach to describing middle-level abilities starts with peoples' responses on intelligence tests and then looks to see what kinds of independent clusters these responses form.

Accepted Answer

A)  theory-based
B)  data-based
C)  deviation-based
D)  top-down

Question 4

Fraternal twins:

Accepted Answer

A)  share 75% of their genes.
B)  are exact genetic copies of each other.
C)  develop from two different eggs fertilized by two different sperm.
D)  are more genetically similar than are ordinary siblings.

Question 5

Cognitive speediness is one of Louis Thurstone's primary mental abilities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Who developed the two-factor theory of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Louis Thurstone
B)  Alfred Binet
C)  Charles Spearman
D)  John Carroll

Question 7

_____ refers to the ability to apply knowledge that was acquired through experience.

Accepted Answer

A)  Fluid intelligence
B)  Crystallized intelligence
C)  Abstract thinking
D)  Concrete thinking

Question 8

Elexus is a gifted third grader.Which statement is most likely to be TRUE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Elexus probably has a gift in only one area.
B)  Elexus's risk of schizophrenia as a young adult is approximately double that of a non-gifted child.
C)  Elexus will have a hard time making friends once she enters middle school.
D)  Elexus will be more likely to suffer from bouts of depression in high school.

Question 9

The correlation between a person's score on a standard intelligence test and his or her academic performance is roughly _____ across a wide range of people and situations.

Accepted Answer

A)  r = .3
B)  r = .5
C)  r = .7
D)  r = .9

Question 10

Prescription stimulants have NOT been shown to improve people's ability to:

Accepted Answer

A)  focus their attention.
B)  solve problems through insight.
C)  manipulate information in working memory.
D)  flexibly control their responses.

Question 11

The psychologist most noted for his contributions to the Stanford-Binet intelligence test is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Lewis Terman.
B)  Henry Goddard.
C)  David Wechsler.
D)  William Stern.

Question 12

The correlation between the intelligence test scores of identical twins who have never met is about the same as the correlation between intelligence test scores of:

Accepted Answer

A)  fraternal twins who have never met.
B)  fraternal twins reared together.
C)  parents and biological children living together.
D)  a person who has taken the test twice.

Question 13

Identical twins are also called dizygotic twins.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Part of the interview process for hiring new workers in the wood mill includes testing each worker's ability to demonstrate strategies on how to make the first cuts on a piece of lumber.The manager of the mill believes that the result of this work-related test predicts future job performance.The manager's belief is most consistent with _____ argument that _____ intelligence better predicts job performance than analytical intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thurstone's;specific
B)  Carroll's;middle-level
C)  Sternberg's;practical
D)  Spearman's;general

Question 15

The heritability of intelligence among older people is _____ than is the heritability among young people,perhaps because _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  higher;older people have more similar experiences than do younger people
B)  higher;intelligence levels have slowly been decreasing over the decades
C)  lower;access to education has improved over the years
D)  lower;the average diet is more nutritious now than it was in the past

Question 16

Men typically outscore women on tests that involve:

Accepted Answer

A)  rapid access to and the use of semantic information.
B)  fine motor skills.
C)  spatial memory.
D)  production and comprehension of complex prose.

Question 17

Education produces large and long-lasting increases in intelligence levels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

By the age of 3,children with high socioeconomic status,on average,know _____% more words than do children with low socioeconomic status.

Accepted Answer

A)  15
B)  30
C)  50
D)  70

Question 19

One of the best predictors of intelligence is SES (socioeconomic status).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence are terms for the same underlying construct,which is known as practical intelligence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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_____ refers to the ability to apply knowledge that was acquired through experience.

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Elexus is a gifted third grader.Which statement is most likely to be TRUE?

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Men typically outscore women on tests that involve:

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Crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence are terms for the same underlying construct,which is known as practical intelligence.

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The heritability of intelligence among older people is _ than is the heritability among young people,perhaps because _.

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One of the best predictors of intelligence is SES (socioeconomic status).

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Identical twins are also called dizygotic twins.

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The correlation between a person's score on a standard intelligence test and his or her academic performance is roughly _____ across a wide range of people and situations.

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By the age of 3,children with high socioeconomic status,on average,know _____% more words than do children with low socioeconomic status.

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Education produces large and long-lasting increases in intelligence levels.

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Cognitive speediness is one of Louis Thurstone's primary mental abilities.

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A _____ approach to describing middle-level abilities starts with peoples' responses on intelligence tests and then looks to see what kinds of independent clusters these responses form.

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The psychologist most noted for his contributions to the Stanford-Binet intelligence test is:

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Prescription stimulants have NOT been shown to improve people's ability to:

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The genetic influence on intelligence is illustrated by the finding that:

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Fraternal twins:

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Who developed the two-factor theory of intelligence?

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Which statement regarding the number of middle-level mental abilities is TRUE?

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The correlation between the intelligence test scores of identical twins who have never met is about the same as the correlation between intelligence test scores of:

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