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Block design puzzles are used in one of the subtests of the


A) WAIS.
B) SAT Reasoning Test.
C) Stanford-Binet.
D) GRE.

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The heritability of intelligence is lowest among


A) genetically similar individuals who have been raised in similar environments.
B) genetically different individuals who have been raised in similar environments.
C) genetically similar individuals who have been raised in different environments.
D) genetically different individuals who have been raised in different environments.

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To assess whether intelligence is a single trait or a collection of several distinct abilities,psychologists have made extensive use of


A) measures of creative intelligence.
B) correlational research.
C) the SAT Reasoning Test.
D) factor analysis.

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Raul has taken the GRE three times and his scores varied by only 10 points each time.Raul's test scores reflect the GRE's


A) standardization.
B) predictive validity.
C) reliability.
D) content validity.

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Research suggests that during early and middle adulthood


A) crystallized intelligence increases and fluid intelligence decreases.
B) crystallized intelligence decreases and fluid intelligence increases.
C) crystallized intelligence increases and fluid intelligence increases.
D) crystallized intelligence decreases and fluid intelligence decreases.

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To find out if her new spatial reasoning test is good at measuring what it was designed to measure,Dr.Chu compares the scores on her test with the scores and grades of college students enrolled in courses that involve spatial reasoning.In this instance,Dr.Chu is in the process of


A) establishing the test's reliability.
B) establishing the test's validity.
C) standardizing the test.
D) establishing the test's variability.

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The importance of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by evidence that


A) general intelligence scores predict performance on a variety of complex tasks.
B) the cognitive development of neglected children is often delayed.
C) identical twins raised together have more similar intelligence scores than fraternal twins raised together.
D) mental similarities between adopted children and their adoptive families increase with age.

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Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's


A) accumulated knowledge.
B) ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
C) ability to engage in recall facts.
D) ability to utilize crystallized intelligence.

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The ability to learn from experience,solve problems,and use knowledge to adapt to new situations is known as


A) savant syndrome.
B) triarchic thinking.
C) intelligence.
D) factor analysis.

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Seven-year-old Tyrone lives in Appalachia,where his father makes a poverty-level living by growing corn for sale at the local market.Tyrone's cognitive development is likely to be depressed because


A) he is malnourished.
B) his teachers are not well qualified.
C) he is socially isolated.
D) of all of these factors.

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Cross-sectional research indicated that during early and middle adulthood,aging is associated with ________ levels of intelligence.Longitudinal research indicated that during this period of life,aging is associated with ________ levels of intelligence.


A) increasing;declining
B) declining;stable
C) increasing;increasing
D) stable;declining

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Professor Smith has been studying the development of moral reasoning in a group of subjects over the last 30 years.All of her subjects were 1 year old when she began her study.She intends to hand off her study to a younger researcher in the department after she retires next year.Professor Smith is conducting a


A) fluid study.
B) longitudinal study.
C) cross-sectional study.
D) cohort study.

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Compared with traditional college entrance exams,assessments that include tests of Sternberg's three intelligences reveal ________ ethnic group differences in intelligence and ________ accurate prediction of American students' first-year grades.


A) increased;less
B) reduced;less
C) increased;more
D) reduced;more

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Increasing years of schooling over the last half-century have most likely contributed to


A) stereotype threat.
B) the Flynn effect.
C) family-environment effect.
D) eugenics.

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Which of the following terms refers to a person's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills?


A) fluid intelligence
B) longitudinal intelligence
C) cohort intelligence
D) crystallized intelligence

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The distribution of intelligence test scores among ________ Americans is represented by the normal curve.


A) White
B) Hispanic
C) Black
D) members of any of these groups of

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Who argued for a classification of nine independent intelligences,which include musical,spatial,and kinesthetic aptitudes?


A) Charles Spearman
B) Howard Gardner
C) L.L.Thurstone
D) Robert Sternberg

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A group of people of very similar age who are participants in a longitudinal study are called a


A) developmental factor.
B) cross-sectional group.
C) cohort.
D) phase group.

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In 8 to 10 seconds,the late memory whiz Kim Peek could read and remember the contents of a book page.Yet,he had little capacity for understanding abstract concepts.Kim's mental capacities best illustrate


A) autism spectrum disorder.
B) creative intelligence.
C) emotional intelligence.
D) savant syndrome.

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Managers who want to foster creativity in the workplace should try to increase the ________ of their employees.


A) general intelligence
B) analytical intelligence
C) practical intelligence
D) emotional intelligence

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