Question 1

Describe the controversy about how intelligence should be defined. What resolution has been proposed by John Carroll? Describe two advantages and two disadvantages of his proposal.

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Question 2

Studies using Sameroff's environmental risk scale have demonstrated that:

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A)  the number of risks in a child's environment is a better predictor of IQ than any single risk alone. 
B)  an unemployed head of household is the strongest risk factor for low IQ.
C)  maternal anxiety is the strongest risk factor for low IQ.
D)  environmental risks have only short-term effects on children's intellectual development.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Measures of which of the following properties in infancy have the strongest correlation with IQ in late childhood and early adulthood?

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A)  early vocabulary
B)  perception
C)  dishabituation 
D)  basic motor abilitiesE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

IQ is a strong predictor of success in which of the following domains?

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A)  economic
B)  occupational
C)  academic
D)  All of the answers are correct.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Research examining the associations between IQ scores and outcomes such as income and occupational success has demonstrated that:

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A)  IQ is more closely related to individuals' occupational success than any other factor ever studied. 
B)  regardless of the socioeconomic status of an individual's family of origin, individuals with high IQ scores always succeed.
C)  other factors, such as motivation and social skills, have little impact on economic success.
D)  People with comparable IQs tend to make similar amounts of money, despite variability in level of education.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

What can you say about his intelligence in comparison to others his age?

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A)  Eric has become comparatively less intelligent, as his IQ should actually increase with age.
B)  Eric has become comparatively less intelligent, as it is more difficult to get a high score at age 5 than it is at age 22.
C)  Eric has become comparatively more intelligent, as it is more difficult to get a high score at age 22 than it is at age 5.
D)  Eric's comparative intelligence has remained stable.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Who is the founder of the multiple intelligence theory?

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A)  Binet
B)  Sameroff
C)  Simon
D)  GardnerE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 8

Resilient children are more likely than other children who grow up in poverty to have:

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A)  parents who work full time.
B)  siblings.
C)  parents who are highly responsive. 
D)  All of the answers are correct.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 9

____________is involved in phonological recoding skills?

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A)  Sounding out 
B)  Visually based retrieval
C)  Mental model production
D)  Comprehension monitoringE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 10

Which of the following influences affects reading comprehension?

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A)  children's content knowledge
B)  amount of reading children do
C)  amount parents read to children as preschoolers
D)  children's comprehension monitoring
E)  All of the answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Which of the following statements about exceptionally gifted children is true?

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A)  Exceptionally gifted children are more likely to be exceptional in a single area than in a wide range of areas. 
B)  Exceptionally gifted children tend not to make outstanding contributions during adulthood.
C)  Exceptionally gifted children tend to be low in energy level.
D)  Exceptionally gifted children tend to need to learn with the help of adults.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 12

Binet's approach to intelligence has persuaded the field of child development to:

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A)  concentrate on the effect of race on intelligence.
B)  examine age-related changes in language more carefully.
C)  study the influences of nature versus nurture.
D)  focus on individual differences.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Practical intelligence is measured on which of the following intelligence tests?

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A)  WISC
B)  Stanford-Binet
C)  Binet-Simon
D)  All of the answers are correct.
E)  None of the answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

According to Carroll's integration of theories of intelligence, which of the following properties influence(s)  a person's skill at a particular type of problem?

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A)  fluid and crystallized intelligence
B)  "g," moderately general abilities, and specific processes 
C)  general intelligence
D)  primary mental abilitiesE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 15

Mr. and Mrs. Novel want to do everything possible to foster little Tina's pre-reading skills so that she will later be in the highest reading group in her class. What pre-reading skill should they work on developing?

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A)  reading left to right
B)  learning letters
C)  phonemic awareness 
D)  phonological recodingE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Which best describes poverty's effect on intelligence and achievement?

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A)  Poverty has been shown to have a negligible effect on intelligence and achievement.
B)  Children from wealthier homes score higher on IQ and achievement tests than do children from poorer homes. 
C)  Children raised in poverty face insurmountable barriers to achievement and growth in intelligence.
D)  Poverty plays a role in intelligence and achievement, but not in the developed world.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 17

Phoebe is in eighth grade and is 13 years 6 months old. Nancy is also in eighth grade and is 13 years 7 months old. Trina is in ninth grade and is 13 years 8 months old. If each of these girls is of average intelligence for her age-mates who are in her grade in school, how will Nancy's IQ relate to the IQs of Phoebe and Trina?

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A)  Nancy's IQ will be higher than the IQs of Phoebe and Trina.
B)  Phoebe's IQ will be higher than the IQs of Nancy and Trina.
C)  Nancy's IQ will be closer to Phoebe's IQ than to Trina's IQ. 
D)  Trina's IQ will be closer to Phoebe's IQ than to Nancy's IQ.
E)  Nancy's IQ will be equally close to Phoebe's and Trina's IQs.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 18

Think about your fellow students in high school or college. Describe two of them, one whose IQ (at least your assumption of it) is consistent with his or her grades in the way in which you'd expect and one whose IQ is less consistent with his or her grades. For the person whose IQ is less consistent with his or her grades, explain the inconsistency. What other factors
appear to have an influence on grades for this person?

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Question 19

Which of the following skills makes learning to write particularly difficult compared with learning to read?

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A)  necessity of content knowledge
B)  metacognitive understanding
C)  meeting both low-level and high-level goals 
D)  necessity of basic capacitiesE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 20

Which of the following statements is an example of an active effect of the genotype on a child's scientific understanding?

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A)  Sally is interested in science, so she joins the science club at school. 
B)  Gabriel loves to go to the science museum, so his parents take him often.
C)  Charlotte is curious about scientific phenomena, so her parents explain many scientific phenomena to her.
D)  Blake's parents love to read about science, so they have many science books and magazines in their home.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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