Thinking, Language, and Intelligence Flashcards
The strongest support for heredity’s influence on intelligence is the finding that
identical twins, but not other siblings, have nearly identical intelligence test scores
To say that the heritability of intelligence is about 50% means that 50% of
the variation in intelligence within a group of people is attributable to genetic factors
The environmental influence that has the clearest, most profound effect on intellectual development is
being raised in conditions of extreme deprivation
__ ___ can lead to poor performance on tests by undermining test-takers’ belief that they can do well on the test
Stereotype threat
Charles Spearman suggested we have one ____ _____ underlying success across a variety of intellectual abilities
general intelligence
The existence of savant syndrome seems to support
Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences
Sternberg’s 3 types of intelligence are ___, ___, and ___
analytical, practical, and creative
Emotionally intelligent people tend to
succeed in their careers
The IQ of a 6-year-old with a measured mental age of 9 would be
150
The WAIS is best able to tell us
how the test-taker compares with other adults in vocabulary and arithmetic reasoning
Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for the fact that more intelligent people tend to live longer, healthier lives?
Intelligent people have slower reaction times, making it less likely that they will put themselves at risk
Children reach the one word stage of speech development at about
1 year
The 3 basic building blocks of language are ___, ___, and ___
Phonemes, morphemes, grammar
When young children speak in short phrases using mostly verbs and nouns, this is referred to as
telegraphic speech
According to Chomsky, all languages share a
universal language
