PSY CH 10 Intelligence

In Spearman's Theory of Intelligence, the ability to reason and solve problems, or general intelligence, is referred to as...

• analytic intelligence

• s factor

• creative intelligence

• g factor

The ability to learn from one's experiences, acquire knowledge, and use resources effectively in adapting to new situations or solving problems is...

• Cognition

• Intelligence

• Reasoning

• Critical Thinking

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence includes what three types of intelligence?

• Analytic, creative and practical

• Emotional, creative and analytical

• Interpersonal, visual and verbal

• Emotional, practical, and creative

What type of intelligence is NOT included in Gardner's Theory of multiple intelligences?

• verbal/linguistic

• logicial/

  mathematical

• olfactory/

  scent

• spatial/visual

• interpersonal/

  intrapersonal

The awareness of and ability to manage one's own emotions as well as the ability to be self motivated, able to feel what others feel, and socially skilled is...

• social intelligence

• people skills

• emotional intelligence

• being an empath

A number representing a measure of intelligence, resulting from the division of one's mental age by one's chronological age and then multiplying that quotient by 100.

• deviation score

• mental range

• intelligence quotient (IQ)

• mean

The Flynn effect is the finding that

• intelligence seems to increase with every generation.
• television has decreased intellectual performance.
• linguistic skills decline with age.
• the more times people take a test, the better they tend to score.

Who created the first intelligence test?

• Alfred Binet

• Louis Terman

• David Wechsler

• Howard Gardner

How do the Wechsler scales differ from the Stanford-Binet test?

• It can't be used to determine particular learning disabilities.

• It only uses mental age.

• It only uses chronical age and not mental age.

• It doesn't use mental age and it measures both verbal and nonverbal abilities.

The extent to which a test yields consistent results

• standardization

• predictive validity

• validity

• reliability