. Randi loves to cook, but unfortunately she finds herself almost incapable of creating meals by just “throwing together” different ingredients. She requires a recipe to make her dishes, and she follows those recipes precisely as written. According to Robert Sternberg, which type of intelligence does Randi fail to demonstrate in her cooking skills?
1. Randi loves to cook, but unfortunately she finds herself almost incapable of creating meals by just “throwing together” different ingredients. She requires a recipe to make her dishes, and she follows those recipes precisely as written. According to Robert Sternberg, which type of intelligence does Randi fail to demonstrate in her cooking skills?
A. analytical
B. creative
C. practical
D. social
Question 2 of 40
2.5 Points
Ellen and Mike are trying to decide where to go for an anniversary dinner. Mike says to Ellen, “Okay, you can have anything you want. We can do Chinese, Italian, Thai, Mexican, or Spanish food. If you want sushi, that is fine, or we can go to an upscale steakhouse! I’m even fine if you want to go get a few fast-food burgers and then go for ice cream. So what will it be?” According to the concept of decision aversion, what is Ellen likely to choose?
A. Ellen is likely to get angry at Mike for not choosing dinner.
B. Ellen is likely to make no choice at all.
C. Ellen will choose the most expensive meal, since Mike gave her the option of choosing anything she wants.
D. Ellen will consider which meal she likes the best and choose a restaurant that will serve that meal.
3. During a lecture on the dangers of stereotypes, Dr. Humphrey stated to her class, “As an example of a commonly held stereotype, some people believe that African-American individuals are less intelligent than Caucasian individuals.” A student in her class who was not paying attention only heard her say, “African-American individuals are less intelligent than Caucasian individuals.” Clearly there will be a problem based on this miscommunication, but the real issue is that the __________ of the issue that was provided by the teacher was different than that which was received by the student.
A. communication
B. schema
C. point of view
D. framing
Question 4 of 40
2.5 Points
The __________ bias describes the effect that occurs when a person’s existing ways of thinking distort his or her logical decisions.
A. hindsight
B. representative
C. heuristic
D. belief
Question 5 of 40
2.5 Points
The ability to process information and act accordingly is called __________ intelligence, while the mental ability derived from previous experience is called __________ intelligence.
A. practical; analytical
B. crystallized; fluid
C. analytical; practical
D. fluid; crystallized
Question 6 of 40
2.5 Points
All politicians are dirty, crooked, and dishonest, right? How many examples of dirty politicians can you come up with? The fact that you might be able to immediately think of a few examples of dirty politicians may lead you to believe that all politicians are, in fact, dishonest. This is an example of the __________ heuristic.
A. conjunction
B. confirmation
C. availability
D. representative
Question 7 of 40
2.5 Points
As Rebekah is driving to the hotel where her business convention is being held, she finds that she cannot quite figure out how to get there. The set of __________, which consists of the steps she would need to figure out how to get to her destination, might first have her (1. pull to the side of the road, (2. retrieve her GPS unit from the glove compartment, (3. plug in the unit, (4. type in the address of her destination, and (5. follow the verbal commands until she gets to the hotel.
A. best fits
B. reductions
C. functionality
D. operations
Question 8 of 40
2.5 Points
The __________ state refers to a problem-solving condition in which a person has incomplete or unsatisfactory information.
A. initial
B. boggled
C. inadequate
D. misinformed
Question 9 of 40
2.5 Points
Research finds that strong central __________ functioning, the set of mental processes that governs goals, strategies, and coordination of the mind’s activities, is related to higher intelligence.
A. executive
B. cognitive
C. psychic
D. unconscious
Question 10 of 40
2.5 Points
__________ is the cognitive process of organizing information or beliefs into a series of steps to reach conclusions.
A. Verbalizing
B. Reasoning
C. Concentrating
D. Schematic processing
Question 11 of 40
2.5 Points
Research has demonstrated all but which of the following with regard to people who speak more than one language?
A. People who are bilingual from an early age show an increase in the density of the gray matter in the lower-left parietal area of the brain, suggesting that learning multiple languages actually promotes cognitive growth.
B. Adults who learn a second language later in life actually use different cognitive strategies than children who learn the second language, and thus their brains process the second language differently than people who learn a second language early in life.
C. Being bilingual is not a skill that is unique to human beings since animals who are able to learn to use sign language can learn multiple forms of sign language.
D. Asian immigrants who come to the United States of America as young children understand American English as proficiently as native speakers.
Question 12 of 40
2.5 Points
The term book knowledge most resembles __________ intelligence from the theory of Robert Sternberg.
A. analytic
B. emotional
C. practical
D. academic
Question 13 of 40
2.5 Points
The __________ fallacy is a phenomenon that causes people to believe that additional information increases the probability that a statement is true, even though that probability actually decreased.
A. hindsight
B. irrationality
C. conjunction
D. discursion
Question 14 of 40
2.5 Points
Have you ever been distracted while you were speaking and accidentally switched the sounds of two words? For example, a person might mean to say, “I’m going to get a turkey sandwich” and instead say, “I’m going to get a surkey tandwich.” This type of expressive inversion is called a __________.
A. phonemic reversal
B. syntactic switch
C. spoonerism
D. morphism
Question 15 of 40
2.5 Points
Going from broad to specific conclusions is called __________, while going from specific examples to broad conclusions is called __________ reasoning.
A. theoretical; analytical
B. deductive; inductive
C. analytical; theoretical
D. inductive; deductive
Question 16 of 40
2.5 Points
Regarding the relative influences on intelligence, which combatant in the nature-versus-nurture debate is ultimately the winner?
A. There is no debate, because there is no way to test which influence is more crucial to intelligence.
B. The winner is nature.
C. The winner is nurture.
D. It is a draw.
Question 17 of 40
2.5 Points
Recently, Marika had to end an eighteen-month-long relationship with Joshua, a man with whom she was deeply in love. She recognized, however, that they did not want the same things out of life; specifically, Joshua wanted to get married someday, and Marika was not interested in marriage. Though they tried to work out a compromise, it was not going to work out. Even though ending the relationship was painful, Marika was able to understand and manage her own feelings, even to the point of helping Joshua through the break-up with as little pain as possible. Marika is clearly very gifted in the area of __________ intelligence.
A. self-aware
B. intrapersonal
C. savant
D. emotional
Question 18 of 40
2.5 Points
Which of the following is one of the eight multiple intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner?
A. crystallized
B. general
C. creative
D. naturalistic
Question 19 of 40
2.5 Points
Chiang walks out of the dry cleaners holding his freshly laundered shirts on new hangers. He walks over to his car, only to find that he has locked the keys inside. Because he is suffering from __________, he calls a tow truck and waits for forty-five minutes, causing him to miss an important meeting at work instead of using one of the hangers to maneuver his way into unlocking the car door.
A. algorithmic limitations
B. the mental set
C. heuristic blockage
D. functional fixedness
Question 20 of 40
2.5 Points
__________ is a rare disorder that occasionally accompanies autism in which a person of below-average intelligence has an extraordinary ability.
A. Impulsive ability syndrome
B. Savant syndrome
C. Prodigy disorder
D. Schizoaffective disorder
Question 21 of 40
2.5 Points
Which theorist led the case for the influence of social interactions on cognitive development?
A. Urie Bronfrenbrenner
B. Lev Vygotsky
C. Sigmund Freud
D. Jean Piaget
22.In Piaget’s theory, the term __________ refers to concepts or frameworks around which people organize and interpret information.
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