Psych - Cognition - Ch 7

Spearman would consider great musical ability as the

Correct formula for determining IQ as used in Terman’s development of the Stanford-Binet Test: 

Tendency to perceive & approach problems in the same ways that have worked in the past:

Representative heuristic can be used to create and sustain __________

A person's schema for a library would most likely include

_________ form as a result of people's experiences in the real world.

Binet determined that a key element in testing intelligence was a child's

A key aspect of intelligence is the ability to ___________ new situations.

________ designed the first IQ test for adults.

Binet & Simon considered children slow if their ________ is lower than their chronological age.

Assumption that an object or person shares characteristics with members of a certain category:

Pet scans show areas of the _______ being activated during the process of forming images

Standard deviation is the average variation of scores from the

One of Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences is 

Most standardized tests of intelligence have a distribution of scores that ________.

Measuring intelligence by testing is a rather new concept first originating in ________.

A psychological test that measures what it intends to measure is said to be________.

To estimate the likelihood of an event based on how easy it is to think of related examples.

Intelligence of people coming from outside of a culture should take a(n) ________.

A person starts from one point & comes up with many different ideas based on that point:

According to Goleman, ______ is a greater predictor of success than more traditional views.

Useful for routine problem solving but is little use when a more creative solution is needed.

Ability to manage emotions, facilitate thinking, and to set goals andachieve them:

When people think they often have _______ in their minds.

Vegetables, fruits, vehicles, and animals are examples of

Psychological tests that yield relatively consistent results are said to be ________.

Tendency to search for evidence that supports our belief and to ignore evidence to disprove it:

A desirable characteristic of a culture-fair test is to have minimal use of __________.

A mental representation that mirrors or resembles the thing that it represents.

Terman determined that gifted people are ______________ than average people.

Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences divides intelligence into ________ abilities.

Ted is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 8 years. His IQ would be ______.

A systematic problem-solving method that guarantees a solution, provided that one exists:

In some languages, changing the ______ of a spoken work can change the entire meaning

Sternberg found that ________ ability can be measured through academic achievement tests

A(n) _____ refers to a type of schema that involves a familiar sequence of activities.

An example of perceptual reasoning item on the Wechsler IQ test is

When we get stuck in the idea that an object can only serve one function:

Using multiple methods in search of a variety of answers to a question:

Köhler demonstrated “Aha!” or insight behavior with