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A valid test is one that...
Actually measures what it sets out to measure
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What % of the population has IQ scores between 70 & 130
95%
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A form of intelligence that refers to how effectively people perceive and understand their own feelings & feelings of others, is______ intelligence.
Emotional
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Compared to formal concepts learned in science and math, natural concepts tend to be...
Fuzzy with unclear boundaries
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The trial-&-error method of solving problems is also known as...
The mechanical solution
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What systematic problem-solving method guarantees a solution, provided that one exist?
Algorithmic method
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What problem-solving strategies don't guarantee solutions but make efficient use of time?
Heuristics
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Term psychologist use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our beliefs & to ignore evidence that might disprove it?
Confirmation bias
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Riley figured out how to unlock the bedroom door w/ a paper clip. What has he overcame In His new use of the paper clip?
Functional fixedness
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Coming up w/ many different uses of a brick, such doorstops is a type of_____ thinking.
Divergent
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Ability to think rationally or logically, & use resources effectively when faced w/ challenges is psychologist working definition of...
Intelligence
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Researchers typically stress that a key aspect of intelligence is....
The ability to adapt to the environment
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Sternberg has found that _____ intelligence is a good predictor of success in life but has a low relationship to ______ intelligence.
Practical ; analytical
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According to sternberg, _________ is the ability to deal with new and different concepts to come up with new ways if solving problems
Creative intelligence
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An 8yr old child scores like an average 10yr old on an intelligence test would have a mental age of____ & IQ of ____.
10 ; 125
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WAIS-IV scores are distributed in a bell or normal curve. What's accurate characteristic of those types of curves?
Scores are clumped around the midpoint
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Most researchers who study the role of race & IQ testing have included that...
Although differences between ethnic & racial groups on standardized tests may be demonstrated, the more likely factor in this difference is environmental
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When soldiers in the military sustain head injuries, there is a __likelihood that these injuries are moderate to severe.
50%
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Which of these is an element if the formal definition of mental retardation?
Adaptive behavior severely below a level appropriate for the persons age
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Which classification of developmental delay affects most of the population classified in this fashion?
Mild
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Beliefs that being gifted or a genius lead to being weird, socially awkward or likely to suffer from mental illness were put to test by....
Termans longitudinal study of 1,528 gifted children
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_______ intelligence has been suggested by Goleman to be a more powerful influence on life than more tradition views.
Emotional intelligence
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According to famed linguist Noam Chomsky, humans have a innate ability to understand & produce language through a device he called...
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
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The linguist relativity hypothesis suggests that...
One language determines the pattern of ones thinking and view of the world
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