Language, intelligence, and cognitive development

Question 1

Your ability to quickly and effectively solve novel problems for which you have no previous experience or training is a measure of your

Answer 1

fluid intelligence

Question 2

Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development differs from Piaget’s theory in that

Answer 2

Vygotsky saw cognitive development as based upon the child’s social interaction with others.

Question 3

___________ describe(s) intelligence as a collection of separate and independent abilities.

Answer 3

Both Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory AND Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence

Question 4

If you were interested in the meaning of words (e.g., what resilience means), you would study

Answer 4

semantics