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Children removed from deprived environments and placed in middle- or upper-class homes show a gradual _______ in IQ.

A) increase
B) decrease
C) decrease, then increase
D) increase, then decrease

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Question 202

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If scores on a test are not strongly associated with criterion measures such as high school or college academic performance, then this test has

A) low internal validity
B) low construct validity
C) low criterion-related validity
D) low content validity

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Bob is very good at reading the behavioural cues that people generate and responds effectively to these cues. Bob has many close friends and is generally well liked by those who know him. In addition, Bob is also good at motivating himself and taking care of his personal needs. These qualities suggest that Bob would most likely score highly on a measure of

Let's say that you are giving a standard intelligence test (e.g., the WAIS) to a group of people. Which of the following abilities from Garner's theory of multiple intelligences would you be able to assess with this test?

Current research correlating neural measures to intelligence is reminiscent of the hypotheses proposed by __________.

What factors allow gifted people to become eminent?

In Carroll's three-stratum theory of cognitive abilities, crystallized and fluid intelligence are considered part of the

One theorist argues against a single g factor and suggests that we focus instead on the abilities that are most adaptive in the culture being observed, whether they are book smarts, musical smarts, or sports smarts. In other words, this concept of intelligence includes not only mental competencies but also adaptive abilities. This theory is called the

Similar to an aptitude test that measures your ability to learn things in the future, a measure of the ability to deal with novel problems, reasoning abstractly, and thinking logically is called ________________ intelligence.

Janet is very good at solving academically-oriented problems. According to Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence, Janet displays high

Jan is 80 years old and has a mental age of 20. What is Jan's IQ?

What has research found about the relationship between musical training and auditory processing?

According to Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, the environment may place demands on people that call for three different manifestations of intelligence called ___________.

John needs to make a recommendation to the Minister of Education with regards to the value of early childhood education for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. Based on the research from the Abecedarian program, what should John recommend?

This approach to the study of intelligence attempts to map the structure of intellect and to discover the kinds of mental competencies that underlie test performance.

Individual differences in the ability to acquire knowledge, to think and reason effectively, and to deal adaptively with the environment is called

What was Wechsler's concept of intelligence? How do the Wechsler scales reflect this concept?

Which of the following intelligences did Gardner define as the ability to understand and relate well to others?

A new intelligence test that has been developed to measure analytical, practical, and creative intelligence is called the _________________________.

The definition of which of the following types of intelligence includes the ability to apply previously acquired knowledge to current problems?