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.
Related Mcqs:
- Most school districts consider children who__________to be gifted.
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 - 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. - 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 - Nail has a blind date with Naeem who, she’s been is considered a true genius by the faculty in the art department. Now she’s having second thoughts, because she’s always heard that geniuses are a little of their rocker. Does have reason to be concerned?
A. Yes. It’s been well documented that the stress of creative achievement often leads to schizophrenic symptoms.
B. No. Extensive research on creativity and psychological disorders shows no evidence for any connection.
C. Perhaps. There is evidence of a correlation between major creative achievement and vulneerability to mood disorders.
D. Of course not. the stereotype of the genius who’s mentally ill is purely a product of the jealousy of untalented people. - 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 - The items actually selected for an intelligence test provide a (n)_______definition of intelligence.
A. functional
B. valid
C. reliable
D. operational - 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