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19 Cards in this Set
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Identical twin studies are important because the twins have the same |
Genetic make- up |
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components of the Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence |
Analytical. Practical. Creative. |
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Mary is "street smart" and highly skilled at manipulating and adapting to her environment. Mary has high ________ intelligence. |
practical |
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William Jennings Bryant, the great orator and lawyer, could be said to display which of Gardner's intelligences? |
Linguistic |
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If an intelligence test yields highly similar scores on separate testings, it is said to be: |
reliable |
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Sternberg compared the conceptions of intelligence of laypersons with experts and found that: |
both agreed that verbal and problem-solving ability are attributes of intelligence |
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The subtests that make up the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) are arranged according to |
the aptitude being tested |
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Why did Lewis Terman revise Binet's original intelligence test for usage in the United States? |
The age norms did not work well with American children. |
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A method of assessing test reliability which involves administering two or more forms of the same test is ________ reliability. |
alternate- form |
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Students who finish an exam first are |
often those who do not make higher scores. |
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"Intelligence consists of what is measured on intelligence tests." This may be characterized as a/an |
Operational definition |
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The only operational definition of intelligence is |
That which intelligence tests measures |
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Gardner would argue that dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov demonstrates superior ________ intelligence. |
Bodily kinesthetic |
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A practical application of Sternberg's research into how different individuals process information is: |
the development of strategies for helping individuals improve their test performances. |
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George is eight years old and has the mental age of a ten-year-old child. George is: |
bright |
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The IQ scores of identical twins reared together produce a correlation of |
.86 |
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Binet reasoned that a child of low intelligence would perform on an intelligence test similar to: |
a younger child who has average intelligence |
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Your text points out that the differences between aptitude and achievement tests are very fuzzy. The problem with aptitude tests is: |
they often include items that also measure what you have already learned. |
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he fact that blacks score somewhat lower on IQ tests, on the average, than whites may be attributed to the higher incidence of: |
ocioeconomic disadvantages in black populations. educational disadvantages in black populations. built-in culture biases in IQ tests. |