Chapter 6

Question 1

Spearman’s “g” is positively correlated with

Answer 1

Performance in school or on achievement tests

Question 2

reasoning ability, and the ability to generate, transform, and manipulate different types of novel information in real time

Answer 2

fluid intelligence

Question 3

is accumulated knowledge you can recall as needed

Answer 3

crystallized intelligence

Question 4

Crystallized intelligence _______ over the lifespan

Answer 4

increases

Question 5

________ intelligence peaks at 20-25 years old

Answer 5

Fluid

Question 5

Intelligence consists of two subcomponents: fluid and crystallized

Answer 5

Cattell

Question 5

The positive correlation between all intellectual tasks supports the existence of:

Answer 5

General intelligence

Question 6

Intelligence is a single trait known as “g”

Answer 6

Spearman

Question 7

Intelligence consists of 7 primary mental abilities

Answer 7

Thurstone

Question 8

Intelligence is best represented by a 3-stratum model

Answer 8

Carroll

Question 9

IQ=

Answer 9

Mental Age ÷ Chronological Age X 100

Question 10

the age-level of the person’s performance

Answer 10

Mental age

Question 11

how old the person is actually (in years)

Answer 11

Chronological age

Question 12

Sam is 6 years old, and he completes the activities like a typical 6-year-old. what is his IQ?

Answer 12

6/6 x 100 = 100

(average)

Question 13

________ is more predictive of changes in elementary school grades than _______

Answer 13

self discipline, IQ

Question 14

heritability for IQ increases over development

Answer 14

Wilson Effect

Question 15

effects on the child from environments selected by others

Answer 15

passive effects

Question 16

what the child evokes from others

Answer 16

evocative effects

Question 17

what the child actively seeks out in their environment

Answer 17

active effects

Question 18

an increase in population IQ observed throughout the 20th century

Answer 18

Flynn effect

Question 19

The Flynn Effect tells us that:

Answer 19

Increases in IQ scores must be due to changes in society

Question 20

phonemic awareness is:

Answer 20

letter-sound awareness

Question 21

when children sound out words

Answer 21

phonological recoding

Question 22

Low-level goals in writing

Answer 22

letters, words, punctuation

Question 23

High-level goals in writing

Answer 23

making text understandable, coherent and providing enough information

Question 24

reflects unusually high ability in any domain

Answer 24

Giftedness

Question 25

are typically diagnosed during childhood and are lifelong neurodevelopmental conditions

Answer 25

Learning disabilities

Question 26

Nursery rhymes are beneficial for reading development because:

Answer 26

they emphasize small sound differences between words

Question 27

A diagnosis of a learning disability means:

Answer 27

There is a discrepancy between someone’s ability (IQ) and their academic achievement