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1. Spearman's two-factor theory divides intelligence into
2. Sternberg is to Gardner as _________ is to ____________.
3. The triarchic theory focuses on the three aspects of intelligence. Which of the following is not among the three?
4. ________ gives an indication of a child’s intelligence by comparing her score on an intelligence test to the scores of average children her same age.
5. The intelligence quotient (IQ) score is computed by dividing a child’s _______ by the child’s ________ and multiplying by 100.
6. The concept of a reaction range indicates that
7. Kimberly has an IQ of 87 and has problems with self-care, social skills, & safety. Is Kimberly considered mentally retarded?
8. Organic retardation is to ________ as cultural-familial retardation is to ______.
9. Ratio IQ is to Deviation IQ as ______ is to ______.
10. Two essential characteristics of tests are
11. Binet’s warnings
12. Which of the following is expressed as a number that indicates the amount or proportion of some ability, characteristic, or trait that can be attributed to genetic factors (nature)?
13. What is the percentage of the population that have IQs between 70 & 130?
14. A moderately gifted child usually has an IQ score
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15. Which of the following outcomes are not predicted well by IQ tests?
16. ____________ focuses on development of psychological tests.
17. An advantage of both Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory & Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory is that they
18. Francis Galton attempted to determine the relationship between ____________ and _________.
19. If you measured the intelligence of everyone in the United States, a distribution of all the scores would look like a
20. Based on twin studies, evidence regarding the influence on IQ scores indicates that
21. According to Sternberg's triarchic (three-part) theory of intelligence, intelligence consists of three main aspects: analytic intelligence, creative intelligence, and ______ intelligence.
22. At what age are mental test scores first stably predictive of later IQ?
23. Kim took an intelligence test when she was 18 and scored 114. What is her intelligence quotient likely to be at the age of 32?
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24. Research on the effect of social class on IQ has shown
25. Kyle took the same IQ test on different days and gets the same score each time. This means that the test possess a high degree of
26. For which ability is there a substantial sex difference where boys score higher than girls?
General Psychology
Robert C. Gates
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 The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety and Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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