Question 1

Brenda has an intellectual disability and has difficulty taking a bath,brushing her teeth and hair,getting dressed,and tying her shoes.Which area of independent living is she having difficulties with?

Accepted Answer

A)   conceptual skills
B)   social skills
C)   verbal skills
D)   practical skills

Question 2

Eva has an intellectual disability and has problems making friends.She is picked on frequently by her peers and has difficulty engaging and communicating with others.She also has problems following basic rules of games that they play during class.Which area of independent living is she having difficulties with?

Accepted Answer

A)   conceptual skills
B)   social skills
C)   verbal skills
D)   practical skills

Question 3

Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's

Accepted Answer

A)   accumulated knowledge.
B)   ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
C)   ability to recall facts.
D)   ability to utilize crystallized intelligence.

Question 4

Which of the following most directly suggested that intelligence declines throughout adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)   cross-sectional studies
B)   cohort studies
C)   longitudinal studies
D)   correlational estimates

Question 5

Which of the following terms refers to a person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly?

Accepted Answer

A)   crystallized intelligence
B)   cohort
C)   Down syndrome
D)   fluid intelligence

Question 6

The same people are followed and retested over time in a(n) ________ study.

Accepted Answer

A)   cohort
B)   longitudinal
C)   intelligence
D)   cross-sectional

Question 7

Research has found that older adults tend to outperform younger adults in their responses to New York Times crossword puzzles.The superior performance of these older adults best illustrates the value of

Accepted Answer

A)   cohorts.
B)   fluid intelligence.
C)   cross-sectional studies
D)   crystallized intelligence.

Question 8

A group of people sharing a common characteristic,such as being from a given time period,is called

Accepted Answer

A)   a cohort.
B)   a crystallized group.
C)   a fluid group.
D)   the Flynn effect.

Question 9

Intelligence scores are most likely to be stable over a one-year period for a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   preschool student.
B)   third-grade student.
C)   fifth-grade student.
D)   eleventh-grade student.

Question 10

Sorting children into "gifted child" education programs is most likely to be criticized for

Accepted Answer

A)   overemphasizing the genetic determinants of giftedness.
B)   widening the achievement gap between higher- and lower-ability groups.
C)   claiming that intelligence test scores can predict children's academic success.
D)   underestimating the extent to which crystallized intelligence underlies success in a wide variety of tasks.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a normal demand of independent living?

Accepted Answer

A)   conceptual skills
B)   social skills
C)   verbal skills
D)   practical skills

Question 12

Because of his accumulated years of knowledge about psychology,Dr.Hernandez has decided that his fiftieth birthday would be the perfect time to begin writing an introductory psychology textbook.It would demonstrate his

Accepted Answer

A)   general intelligence.
B)   fluid intelligence.
C)   cross-sectional intelligence.
D)   crystallized intelligence.

Question 13

A longitudinal study is research that

Accepted Answer

A)   tests different age groups at the same point in time.
B)   assesses different characteristics of a specific individual on a single test.
C)   assesses different characteristics of a specific individual on multiple tests.
D)   follows and retests the same group of people over time.

Question 14

Adrianne is 5 years old and has an extra copy of chromosome 21.She has been diagnosed with the disorder known as

Accepted Answer

A)   mental retardation.
B)   Down syndrome.
C)   autism spectrum disorder.
D)   savant disorder.

Question 15

Individuals who scored near 70 on earlier intelligence tests have scored ________ on more recent tests because the tests have been ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   lower;correlated
B)   lower;restandardized
C)   higher;correlated
D)   higher;restandardized

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Which of the following terms refers to a person's ability to reason speedily and abstractly?

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Adrianne is 5 years old and has an extra copy of chromosome 21.She has been diagnosed with the disorder known as

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Individuals who scored near 70 on earlier intelligence tests have scored on more recent tests because the tests have been .

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Intelligence scores are most likely to be stable over a one-year period for a(n)

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Which of the following most directly suggested that intelligence declines throughout adulthood?

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A group of people sharing a common characteristic,such as being from a given time period,is called

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The same people are followed and retested over time in a(n) ________ study.

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Sorting children into "gifted child" education programs is most likely to be criticized for

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Because of his accumulated years of knowledge about psychology,Dr.Hernandez has decided that his fiftieth birthday would be the perfect time to begin writing an introductory psychology textbook.It would demonstrate his

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Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's

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Brenda has an intellectual disability and has difficulty taking a bath,brushing her teeth and hair,getting dressed,and tying her shoes.Which area of independent living is she having difficulties with?

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Research has found that older adults tend to outperform younger adults in their responses to New York Times crossword puzzles.The superior performance of these older adults best illustrates the value of

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Individuals who scored near 70 on earlier intelligence tests have scored ________ on more recent tests because the tests have been ________.

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Which of the following most directly suggested that intelligence declines throughout adulthood?

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