Intelligence

Question 1

Brazilian & Col street children who earn their money as vendors were able to conduct financial operations in their minds

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performed even better, with fewer mistakes

Question 2

What is the psychological term for experience and cognitive operations drawn from everyday activities?

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empirical reasoning

Question 3

Studies show no correlation between people’s total years of education and IQ scores.

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False

Question 4

Regardless of ethnic group, an individual who scores high on an IQ tests will likely have __________ in college

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fine (high) grades

Question 5

“No matter how hard I try, I will be held back.” This statement is a reflection of the_____

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low-effort syndrome

Question 6

In the US, early attempts to measure IQs began more than one hundred years ago. These studies examined primarily:

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schoolchildren, army recruits, and immigrants

Question 7

What term refers to the individual way in which individuals organize and comprehend the world?

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cognitive style

Question 8

Research demonstrates that high intelligence scores are positively correlated with socioeconomic status

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True

Question 9

American children commonly outperform children from other countries in disciplines such as _________

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Civics

Question 10

The _________ is a view based on an assumption that our intelligence can “receive” a numerical value.

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psychometric approach

Question 11

What is the psychological term for originality or the ability to produce valued outcomes in a novel way?

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creativity

Question 12

A poll taken in 1997 what % of blacks believed that intelligence test give unbiased measure of a person’s qualification?

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About 20%

Question 13

Investigators have observed a small but continuous decline in intelligence test performance across cultures

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False

Question 14

Men’s scores moved up faster than women (Flynn, 2012)

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False

Question 15

Children of higher socioeconomic status score on memorization tests compared to children of lower socio-economic status

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they scored better

Question 16

1. Which of the following most accurately explains the relationship between intelligence and intelligent behavior?

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intelligent behavior is the application of intelligence in a situations

Question 17

In gen., people in Western countries generally score lower on intelligence tests than members of traditional societies.

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False

Question 18

A general cognitive ability of an individual to rely more on external visual cues and to be primarily socially oriented

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field dependent style

Question 19

Robert Sternberg argued that most modern intelligence tests only measure _______ skills.

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Analytic

Question 20

Studies show no correlation between people’s total years of education and IQ scores.

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False

Question 21

In India, members of the higher castes obtain lower mean scores and examination marks than do those of the lower castes.

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False

Question 22

Studies reveal that children from _________ perform better on tasks that require mathematical reasoning

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East Asian Countries

Question 23

Across the globe, people tend to see high intellectual skills as…

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a person’s asset

Question 24

1. Which of the following groups as a whole scores the highest on intelligence tests?

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Asian Americans

Question 25

Cultural groups tend to categorize objects in terms of their specific cultural experiences associated with these objects

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True

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