Related Mcqs:

1. The characteristics of savant syndrome have been used to support:

   A. Spearman’s belief in a general intelligence or g, factor.
   B. Cantor and Kihlstrom’s distinction between academic and social intelligence.
   C. Eysenck’s idea that intelligence is linked to information processing speed.
   D. Gardner’s argument for multiple intelligences.

2. Professor Ehsan gave his class a twenty-question test covering two weeks of class material. Fifteens were on the structures of the brain, although he only spent ten minutes talking about the brain. Professor Ehsan’s test did not appear to have adequate_______validity.

   A. criterion
   B. predictive
   C. alternate form
   D. content

3. The WAIS was designed for testing_________intelligence, whereas the WISC was designed for testing_______intelligence.

   A. Europeans’; North Americans’
   B. general; emotional
   C. analytical; emotional
   D. adults’; children’s

4. Selective breeding for desirable characteristics is called _____________?

   A. cretinism
   B. adaptive behavior
   C. microcephaly
   D. eugenics

5. Mental retardation caused by birth injuries or fetal damage is called_______retardation.

   A. cretinism.
   B. adaptive behavior.
   C. microcephaly.
   D. eugenics.

6. All of the following represents intelligence from Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences except for________.

   A. Bodily-Kinesthetic
   B. Cultural
   C. Musical
   D. Naturalist

7. Which of the following does not belong with the others?

   A. aptitude tests
   B. personality tests
   C. intelligence tests
   D. achievement tests

8. Brain size (adjusted for body size is__________correlated with intelligence, and the speed of taking in perceptual information is_______correlated with intelligence.

   A. negative; negatively
   B. positively; not
   C. positively; negatively
   D. positively; positively

9. 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

10. Which of the following is a true statement regarding Francis Galton?

    A. He took the position that intelligence is largely determined by heredity.
    B. He advocated the development of special programs to tap the intellectual potential of the culturally disadvantaged
    C. He developed tests that identified those children who were unable to profit from a normal education.
    D. He took the position that intelligence is more matter of environment than heredity.