chapter 9 example #17793

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A test has a high degree of validity if it:
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measures or predicts what it is supposed to measure or predict.
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A best example of a category of objects, events, ideas, or people is called a(n):
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prototype
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Divergent thinking involves:
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a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions
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Students are most likely to develop a growth mind-set that results in a focus on learning when they believe that intelligence is:
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changeable
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Syntax refers to the:
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the ways un which words and phrases are arranged into grammatical sentences
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The part of the left temporal lobe that is involved in understanding language is known as:
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Brocas Area
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Broca's area is a region of the:
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frontal lobe
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To be diagnosed with an intellectual disability, guidelines specify performance on an intelligence test of approximately:
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lower than 70
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An effort to "consider the opposite" would be most likely to inhibit:
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belief perseverance
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Individuals who scored near 70 on earlier intelligence tests have scored ________ on more recent tests because the tests have been ________.
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lower; restandardized
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A mental set is a:
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tendency to approach a problem with a mind-set that has worked in the past
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A fixation refers to an inability to:
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adopt any different or new perspective on a problem.
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Cognitive psychologists are most directly concerned with the study of:
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thinking
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Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical, creative, and ________ intelligence.
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creative
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Our intuitions are feelings and thoughts that are best described as:
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automatic
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A sudden realization of the solution to a problem is called:
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insight
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The sort of problem solving that demonstrates "school smarts" is what researchers have historically assessed in their tests of:
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intelligent
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Who first introduced the term intelligence quotient?
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Alfred Binet
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Emotional intelligence is a critical component of:
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social Intelligence
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Noam Chomsky has argued that children's readiness to learn grammar rules is a(n):
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an inborn readiness
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A longitudinal study is one in which:
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the same people are retested over a long period
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Heuristics are:
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a mental shortcut that allows people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently
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Framing refers to:
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the way in which a problem or issue is phrased or worded
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Who argued for a classification of nine independent intelligences, which include musical, spatial, and kinesthetic aptitudes?
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Howard Gardner
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A concept is a:
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an idea about what a category represents
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Phonemes are:
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individual speech sound
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Aphasia refers to a condition involving:
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a communication disorder that results from damage or injury to language parts of the brain.
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Binet used the term mental age to refer to:
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the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of intelligence test performance