Chapter 8 Intelligencs

Question 1

The four factors of the wechsler intelligence scale for children

Answer 1

1. Verbal reasoning
2. Perceptual reasoning
3. Working memory
4. Processing speed

Question 2

_______ tests assess an individual potential to learn a specialized activity

Answer 2

Aptitude

Question 3

The 5 factors of the Stanford Binet intelligence scales

Answer 3

1. Fluid reasoning
2. Quantitative reasoning
3. Knowledge
   Visual spatial processing
   Working memory

Question 4

__________ aim to assess actual knowledge and skill attainment ex: final exam

Answer 4

Achievement tests

Question 5

Who came up with the theory of multiple intelligences

Answer 5

Howard Gardner

Question 6

Infant intelligence is measured as _____

Answer 6

Developmental quotients (DQ)

Question 7

_____ the fear of being judged on the basis of a negative stereotype
Can trigger anxiety that interferes with performance

Answer 7

Stereotype threat

Question 8

________ pervade the general atmosphere of the home and similarly affect siblings living in it

Answer 8

Shared environmental influences

Question 9

_________ make siblings different from another unique treatment by parents, birth order

Answer 9

Non shared environmental influences

Question 10

The _________ is a checklist for gathering information about the quality of children’s home lives through observation and parental interview

Answer 10

Home observation for measurement of the environment (HOME)

Question 11

Factors that influence child suggestibility

Answer 11

Interviewer bias, repeated questioning, age

Question 12

False belief reasoning develops by age 4 as seen with the __________ study

Answer 12

Sally and Anne study
Do children understand that people can have false beliefs
Box and toy with puppets

Question 13

Piaget -

Core knowledge -

Answer 13

Piaget is discovery learning: lots of choices, correspond to stage

Core knowledge based learning teacher is very involved, builds curriculum, discussion

Question 14

By age 3, children can understand dual representation as seen in what study

Answer 14

Snoopy study

Miniature snoopy represents big snoopy in room, ask children to find

Question 15

Researchers use _______ to determine whether intelligence is a single trait or an assortment of abilities

Answer 15

Factor analysis

Question 16

_____ the generation of multiple and unusual possibilities when faced with a task or problem

Answer 16

Divergent thinking

Question 17

_______ involves arriving at a single correct answer and is emphasized on intelligence tests

Answer 17

Convergent thinking

Question 18

_____ is an innate system that permits them, once they have acquired sufficient vocabulary to combine words into grammatically consistent novel utterances and to understand the meaning of sentences they hear

Answer 18

Language acquisition device

Question 19

_______ is a prominent factor in occupational achievement

Answer 19

Personality

Question 20

__________ the negative effects of underprivileged rearing conditions increase the longer children remain in those conditions

Answer 20

Environmental cumulative deficit hypothesis