Deck 9: Thinking and Intelligence

Question 1

Which of these is one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences?

A)poetic
B)naturalistic
C)digital
D)creative

Answer 1

naturalistic

Question 2

The Binet intelligence test measured children on what new concept?

A)divergent thinking
B)mental set
C)mental age
D)creativity

Answer 2

mental age

Question 3

The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by __________.

A)Gardner
B)Sternberg
C)Thurstone
D)Spearman

Answer 3

Gardner

Question 4

What score indicates how one individual compares to others on an intelligence test?

A)intelligence quotient
B)deviation
C)intelligence component
D)mental estimate

Question 5

__________ percent of the population has IQ scores between 70 and 130.

A)Sixty-five
B)Seventy-five
C)Eighty-five
D)Ninety-five

Question 6

Ivan is a consultant who has been asked to solve a technical problem for an electronics firm.When he arrives at the firm,he finds that the problem is exactly like a problem he has solved before.The first time he solved the problem it took him 37 hours.This time it takes him 26 hours.The MOST likely reason for his faster solution this time is __________.

A)means-end analysis
B)hill-climbing
C)mental set
D)creating subgoals

Question 7

A committee has been set up to identify young people who are likely to become great Olympics skaters.In addition to physical skills,the committee believes that an understanding of one's emotions is a plus because it will help the skaters through training and competitions.Using Howard Gardner's types of intelligences,which two should be the focus of their search?

A)bodily kinesthetic and intrapersonal
B)logical/mathematical and visual/spatial
C)visual/spatial and interpersonal
D)verbal/linguistic and logical/mathematical

Question 8

A form of intelligence that refers to how effectively people perceive and understand their own feelings and the feelings of others is __________ intelligence.

A)fluid
B)emotional
C)bodily-kinesthetic
D)crystallized

Question 9

A formula is an example of a(n)__________.

A)logarithm
B)algorithm
C)response set
D)heuristic

Question 10

Which of these might be an example of a performance item on the Wechsler tests of intelligence?

A)repeating a series of digits
B)defining a word such as lunch
C)using blocks to make a design like one shown in a picture
D)adding a series of orally presented numbers

Question 11

Problem-solving methods that guarantee solutions if appropriate and properly executed are called __________.

A)prototypes
B)algorithms
C)heuristics
D)noncompensatory models

Question 12

Which of these might be an example of a performance item on the Wechsler tests of intelligence?

A)defining a word such as lunch
B)repeating a series of digits
C)using blocks to make a design like one shown in a picture
D)adding a series of orally presented numbers

Question 13

An admissions director for a college decides to keep the existing admissions policy since 80 percent of the students admitted eventually graduate.Unknown to her,90 percent of the rejected applicants would also have been successful graduates.Her decision-making process is hampered by __________.

A)the availability heuristic
B)creating subgoals
C)hill-climbing
D)the representativeness heuristic

Question 14

Which of these is one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences?

A)poetic
B)naturalistic
C)creative
D)digital

Question 15

The ability to produce work that is both novel and appropriate is called

A)insight.
B)heuristics.
C)creativity.
D)latent learning.

Question 16

The Binet scale was originally developed to __________.

A)identify children who might have difficulty in school
B)identify gifted children
C)measure scholastic achievement
D)measure the intelligence of normal children

Question 17

Sal is being evaluated as a possible candidate for the space program.On which of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences would we expect him to excel if he is a good candidate?

A)spatial reasoning
B)interpersonal
C)naturalist
D)intrapersonal

Question 18

A special kind of problem solving in which we already know all the possible solutions or choices is __________.

A)decision making
B)divergent thinking
C)functional thinking
D)convergent thinking

Question 19

The tendency to perceive and approach problems in certain ways is called __________.

A)mental set
B)prototypical idealization
C)noncompensatory modeling
D)means-end analysis

Question 20

Rules of thumb that do not guarantee a solution but may help bring one within reach are called __________.

A)functional sets
B)heuristics
C)algorithms
D)problem states

Question 21

Among animals,the most impressive cognitive abilities show up in __________.

A)whales
B)rhesus monkeys
C)dolphins
D)chimpanzees

Question 22

Laboratory experiments suggest that animals have __________.

A)some cognitive capacities
B)cognitive capacities better than most humans
C)almost no cognitive capabilities
D)cognitive capabilities similar to most humans