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Child Development - A Thematic Approach
, Fifth Edition
Danuta Bukatko - College of the Holy Cross
Marvin W. Daehler - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Chapter 10:
Intelligence
- Aaron has just visited the school psychologist, who began to talk about intellectual
abilities in terms of fluid and crystallized intelligence. This psychologist
was apparently familiar with _____________________ theory of intelligence.
- Thurstone's
- Spearman's
- Binet's
- Cattell and Horn's
- Which of the following statements is most consistent with the view that speed
of information processing is a component of intelligence?
- Infants who are rapid habituators perform more effectively on cognitive tasks
when tested several years later.
- Standardized intelligence tests are best used to predict academic success.
- IQ scores tend to remain stable in many individuals.
- Intelligence appears to consist of several specific abilities.
- Geraldine has been told that she is very good at "reading" other people, that is, understanding their body language and facial expressions.
Geraldine's skill would be recognized in _____________________ model of intelligence.
- Charles Spearman's
- Louis Thurstone's
- Howard Gardner's
- Alfred Binet's
- Which of the following statements concerning IQ scores is incorrect?
- IQ scores are assumed to be normally distributed in the population.
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IQ stands for intelligence quotient.
- An IQ describes the score a person obtains on a standardized intelligence test.
- An IQ score identifies an individual's overall level of intelligence.
- . Phoebe has been classified as mentally retarded. Her IQ score is likely to be
- above 110.
- about 100.
- above 85.
- below 70.
- Wilma has been identified as a gifted child. Based on longitudinal research
on gifted children, we might expect Wilma to be
- "bookish."
- socially withdrawn.
- frail.
- a leader among her peers.
- Robert Sternberg's research applying his triarchic theory of intelligence to understand gifted
children suggests that all but which of the following may be a unique information-processing
skill among gifted children?
- Larger working memory.
- Greater metacognitive skill, fostering encoding of "global" rather than "local" aspects of information.
- More effective ways of dealing with novel information.
- Speedier and greater efficiency in processing information.
- One reason the Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence may become increasingly popular is because it
- correlates well with IQ scores three years later.
- is easy to administer to infants.
- is reliable as a measure of visual attention.
- is based on crystallized intelligence.
- IQ scores are most predictive of
- occupational success.
- mental health.
- school achievement.
- annual income.
- Although many difficulties accompany the interpretation of IQ scores, skilled
clinicians may use them to
- identify children with poor motivation.
- assist in diagnosing learning problems and intellectual strengths and weaknesses.
- communicate to teachers about which children are "slow learners."
- assign children to reading groups to provide more homogeneous instructional
opportunities for teachers.
- Nassir was born in Egypt and recently moved to the United States. Although Nassir did
well in school in Egypt, he scored low on an intelligence test that he took
in his new school in America. Which of the following statements is most likely
to be true?
- Nassir is below average in intelligence.
- The test Nassir took is not culturally fair.
- Nassir has poor visual-spatial skills.
- Nassir is not motivated to excel in school.
- Which of the following culturally fair intelligence tests has revealed smaller
differences in test scores between Caucasian and African American children than traditional
intelligence tests?
- Raven Progressive Matrices.
- WISC-R.
- Kaufman Assessment Battery.
- Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale.
- Based on research involving the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME), all but which of the following kinds of
parental practices appears to benefit the intellectual development of children?
- Being emotionally and verbally responsive to the child.
- Providing appropriate play materials.
- Parental involvement with the child, including opportunities for variety
in daily stimulation.
- Disciplining the child in the home on a regular basis.
- One of the benefits of using structural equation modeling rather than simple
correlations in research on developmental influences is that structural equation modeling
- permits more confidence in making statements about the direction of causality
among correlated variables.
- requires less statistical sophistication and smaller numbers of children
to be tested in order to arrive as conclusions.
- allows the researcher to draw conclusions about relationships and their influences on one another on the basis of the results alone.
- facilitates the interpretation of results no matter how variables are correlated
with each other.
- Uncertainties remain about both Head Start and the Abecedarian Project concerning
their effectiveness in yielding _____________________ for intellectual development
in _____________________.
- short-term benefits; children at risk
- long-term benefits; children at risk
- short-term benefits; middle-class children
- long-term benefits; middle-class children
- Ann scores high on measures such as vocabulary, reading comprehension and
general world events. According to Cattell and Horn, she would be considered high in _______________ intelligence.
- crystallized
- contextual
- fluid
- two-facet
- Leslie is 12 years old and is taking an intelligence test. She is asked to
solve a series of problems in a step by step fashion, as well as having to
solve problems requiring integration of many pieces of information. If Leslie does not understand a particular question,
the test administrator uses alternative wording and gestures to explain it.
Leslie is probably taking the _______________
- Raven Progressive Matrices.
- HOME.
- WISC-R.
- Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children.
- Amy had her child, Murray, IQ tested at12 months. Amy wonders whether Murray's IQ will be the same as when he is an adult. According to Bayley, when should
Murray's IQ show predictive validity for his adult IQ?
- His IQ at 12 months should be predictive of his adult IQ.
- His IQ at 3 years should be predictive of his adult IQ.
- His IQ at five years should predictive of his adult IQ.
- Children's IQ are not predictive of their adult IQ.
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