Chapter 13

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Identical twin studies are important because the twins have the same

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Genetic make- up

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components of the Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence

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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.

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practical

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William Jennings Bryant, the great orator and lawyer, could be said to display which of Gardner's intelligences?

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Linguistic

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If an intelligence test yields highly similar scores on separate testings, it is said to be:

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reliable

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Sternberg compared the conceptions of intelligence of laypersons with experts and found that:

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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

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the aptitude being tested

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Why did Lewis Terman revise Binet's original intelligence test for usage in the United States?

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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.

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alternate- form

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Students who finish an exam first are

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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

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Operational definition

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The only operational definition of intelligence is

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That which intelligence tests measures

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Gardner would argue that dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov demonstrates superior ________ intelligence.

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Bodily kinesthetic

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A practical application of Sternberg's research into how different individuals process information is:

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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:

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bright

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The IQ scores of identical twins reared together produce a correlation of

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.86

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Binet reasoned that a child of low intelligence would perform on an intelligence test similar to:

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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:

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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:

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ocioeconomic disadvantages in black populations.

educational disadvantages in black populations.

built-in culture biases in IQ tests.