A. have IQ scores above 115
B. score in the upper 2%-3% of the IQ distribution
C. have parents in professional careers
D. demonstrate high levels of leadership and creativity
Related Mcqs:
- Mr. Mrs. Pervaiz Parent are beaming because their son, little Nasir, has been selected for a gifted children program at school. They think Nasir is a genius. What sort of advice do they need to hear?
A. Youngster with a 130-140 IQ tend to be very maladjusted.
B. Most gifted children do not go on to make genius-level, major contributions to society that earn them eminence
C. They should prepare to be famous, based on their percentage of Newton.
D. They should be warned that gifted children often have deficits in practical intelligence. - Terman showed that mentally gifted children.
A. have a greater susceptibility to mental illness in adulthood.
B. score in the average IQ range as adults.
C. are successful during their youth but fail to reach their potential in adulthood.
D. are generally successful in their chosen occupations as adults. - Which of the following is a factor that influences success for the gifted?
A. extrinsic motivation
B. level of adjustment
C. persistence
D. sibling rivarly - “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 - Aaamir, age 55, plays basketball with much younger adults and is concerned that his teammates might consider his age to be a detriment to their game outcome. His concern actually undermines his athletic performance. This best illustrates the impact of:
A. the Flynn effect.
B. divergent thinking.
C. savant syndrome.
D. stereotype threat. - A school curriculum built on Howard Gardner’s theory of intelligence would provide
A. neuromuscular training because such skills underlie general intelligence.
B. training in logic, rhetoric, philosophy and math to strengthen the general factor in intelligence.
C. emphasis on creative, artistic abilities rather than the traditional emphasis on cognitive abilities.
D. a diverse curriculum with education in skills not traditionally associated with IQ. - A college administrator is trying to assess whether an admissions test accurately predicts how well applicants will perform at his school. The administrator is most obviously concerned that the test is:
A. standardized
B. normally distributed
C. reliable
D. valid - 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 - With increasing age, adopted children’s intelligence test scores become________like their adoptive parents’scores and_______similar to their biological parent’s scores.
A. more; less
B. less; more
C. less; less
D. more; more - Mental retardation caused by birth injuries or fetal damage is called_______retardation.
A. cretinism.
B. adaptive behavior.
C. microcephaly.
D. eugenics.