A. fail to produce any short-term improvements in participants’ mental skills.
B. are beneficial to participants from very intellectually stimulating home environments.
C. increase the school readiness of children from disadvantaged home environments
D. initially benefit students but lose their influence by the time the students reach high school.
Related Mcqs:
- Research on mental retardation indicates that:
A. most mentally retarded individuals suffer from savant syndrome.
B. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to profit from vocational training.
C. most mentally retarded individuals are unable to function within mainstream society.
D. none of the above is true - “Gifted child” programs can lead to_______by implicitly labeling some students as “ungifted” and isolating them from an enriched educational environment.
A. factor analysis
B. the Flynn effect
C. self-fulfilling prophecies
D. norming - Research on intelligence and brain functioning that highly intelligent children demonstrate_______than their less intelligent counterparts.
A. smaller synaptic gaps
B. longer axons
C. higher dopamine levels
D. greater neural plasticity - The Maliks note their 6-month-old daughter Bisma seems to be developing more slowly and is not as playful as other infants her age. Research suggests that:
A. Bisma’s intelligence score will be below average in childhood but not necessarily in adulthood.
B. Bisma’s performance intelligence score but not necessary her verbal intelligence score will be below average in both childhood and adult hood.
C. Bisma’s intelligence score will be below average in both childhood and adulthood.
D. Casual observation of Bisma’s behavior cannot be use to predict her later intelligence score. - Research shows that IQ scores are valid predictors of all of the following EXCEPT:
A. School gardens
B. Emotional intelligence
C. Occupational status
D. Job performance - Research on gender and emotional intelligence suggests that women are more skilled the men at:
A. avoiding the experience of emotional ambivalence.
B. interpreting others’ facial expressions of emotion.
C. delaying emotional gratification in pursuit of long-term goals.
D. preventing emotions from distorting reasoning. - Alfred Binet developed his intelligence test to ____________?
A. identify soldiers for certain military duties.
B. show that intelligence was influenced by genetic and environmental factors.
C. measure what a person has accomplished or learned in a particular area.
D. identify children who needed special education programs - IQ test scores represent________measures of intelligence.
A. Genotypic
B. Environmental
C. Modular
D. Phenotypic - Which is the case? IQ is calculated as:
A. The speed at which we process a piece of information.
B. The ratio of mental age to chronological age.
C. The number of items you get correct on an intelligence test.
D. How intelligent you are compared to an adult of the same gender. - It can argued that standardize testing (such as the SAT) is beneficial because
A. it can help label people as genius and gifted.
B. there is a perfect correlation between standardized tests and academic performance.
C. they predict future occupational success.
D. they are fairer and more objective than admission officers’ judgements.