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Jabar is taking the Stanford-Binet (SB5) and is read several sentences and then asked to name the last word in each sentence. Which cognitive factor is being measured using this task?


A) fluid reasoning
B) visual-spatial processing
C) quantitative reasoning
D) working memory

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Regarding ethnic groups and IQs, which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) As a group, Japanese-American children score above average in IQ.
B) Historically, African-American children in the United States scored an average of about 15 points lower on standardized IQ tests than European-American children, although this gap has been reduced by one-third since 1972.
C) One study found that placing poor African-American children into European-American adoptive families increased the children's IQs an average of 13 points.
D) Most psychologists have concluded there is significant scientific evidence that group differences in average IQ are based on genetic differences.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Regarding IQ and age, which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) Knowing a child's IQ at age 3 tells us very little about what his or her IQ will be in adulthood.
B) Knowing a child's IQ at age 11 is a good predictor of his or her IQ later in life.
C) On average, there is a large increase in IQ each year from early adulthood until age 40 and then a rapid decline in IQ scores after age 50.
D) Actual IQs reflect a person's education, maturity, and experience, as well as innate intelligence.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Regarding the Wechsler scales, which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) The Wechsler scales yield an overall intelligence score.
B) The Wechsler scales yield separate scores for performance intelligence and verbal intelligence.
C) The current Wechsler test for children is the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition or WISC-V.
D) The Wechsler scales have no version designed to test the intelligence of adults.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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If Suke's intelligence quotient is 85, we know that


A) her raw score is 85 out of the standard 100 questions.
B) her mental age is greater than her chronological age.
C) her chronological age is greater than her mental age.
D) a mathematical error was made in calculating Suke's IQ.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Regarding gender and IQ, which of the following statements is TRUE?


A) Small differences in male and female performance on IQ test items still occur because a majority of the test items on the major IQ tests tend to favor males rather than females.
B) For decades, men, as a group, performed better on test items that required verbal ability, vocabulary, and rote learning.
C) For decades, women performed better on test items that required spatial visualization and math.
D) Today, the male-female differences in performance on test items related to vocabulary and math have almost disappeared among children and young adults.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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If one psychologist administers a test simultaneously to several people with minimal supervision, the test must be a(n)__________ test.

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While one group of children with an intellectual disability was moved from an orphanage to a more stimulating environment, a second group of children who were less intellectually disabled stayed at the orphanage. This second group of children showed


A) no change in IQ scores.
B) an average increase of 29 points.
C) an average decrease of 26 points.
D) a slight IQ increase, which faded after being adopted.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Because identical twins separated at birth did have the same prenatal environment and were often placed in homes that are socially and educationally similar, some researchers believe that intelligence would seem to


A) be 80 percent hereditary.
B) be 65 percent hereditary.
C) be less than 50 percent hereditary.
D) have no hereditary basis.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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The Greek philosopher Aristotle had a recipe for handling relationships smoothly. "Be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way." Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer call such self-control


A) creative thinking.
B) emotional intelligence.
C) kinesic sensitivity.
D) intuition.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Actual IQs reflect


A) a person's education and experience.
B) a person's innate intelligence.
C) a person's maturity.
D) all of these.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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In a reevaluation of Tryon's "maze-bright" and "maze-dull" rat study, it was found that the "maze-bright" rats were not more intelligent, but instead were more


A) energized by the special food additive.
B) sensitive to tactile stimulation.
C) physically developed and stronger.
D) motivated by food and less easily distracted.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Regarding mental age, which of the following statements is TRUE?


A) Mental age is also known as a ratio intelligence quotient.
B) Mental age tells nothing about whether overall intelligence is high or low.
C) Mental age is a better measure of intelligence than deviation IQ.
D) A person's mental age will be lower than his or her chronological age if the person has superior intelligence.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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An ability to manage one's own thinking and problem solving efforts are referred to as


A) metacognitive skills.
B) experiential intelligence.
C) speed of processing.
D) frames of mind.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Creating computer programs capable of doing things that require intelligence when done by people refers to


A) artificial intelligence.
B) proxemics.
C) cerebronics.
D) computerized creativity.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Regarding IQ, which of the following statements is TRUE?


A) IQ is a poor predictor of academic success.
B) IQ is a good predictor of one's later career success.
C) IQ is considered equivalent to intelligence.
D) IQ is narrowly defined by a particular test.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The Cree people of Northern Canada value skills needed to find food on the frozen tundra, while the Puluwat people in the South Pacific prize ocean-going navigation skills necessary to get from island to island. These examples


A) show that divergent thinking is not a part of every culture.
B) raise serious questions about general definitions of intelligence.
C) show that convergent thinking is not part of every culture.
D) demonstrate biological adaptation and not aspects of intelligence.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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The benefits of experiencing positive emotions, such as joy and happiness, include


A) allowing us to be content with the status quo.
B) encouraging personal growth and social connection.
C) stimulating the frontal lobes to suppress the fear response of the amygdala.
D) all of these.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Leon has been diagnosed with an intellectual disability, which means he has an IQ below 70 and significant impairment in which of the following?


A) kinesthetic skills
B) adaptive behaviors
C) divergent abilities
D) automatic processing

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Helen is captain of the college scholars' bowl team. She displays an excellent vocabulary and can answer questions on a wide variety of topics, including history, science, philosophy, and literature. With these skills, Helen would probably show a high performance on which cognitive factor of the Stanford-Binet (SB5) ?


A) quantitative reasoning
B) working memory
C) divergent thinking
D) knowledge

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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