11. By comparison with the Stanford-Binet IQ measure, an advantage of the Wechsler Scales
is that they
A. have never been associated with the concept of mental age.
B. accentuate the importance of reasoning over performance.
C. provide an advantage to people who don’t rely mainly on verbal skills.
D. are easier to administer to people with minimal intellectual skills.
12. Which one of the following statements best represents an algorithm?
A. If the present assembly line will take care of building the chassis, we will buy parts for
the upgraded model.
B. Since most people are either “Doves” or “Pigeons,” being nice to them gets their
attention.
C. Since plan A has worked in the past, I say we go with plan A.
D. If your customer says “yes” to the first question, go to question 4; if he or she says “No,”
go to question 5.
13. In your senior year at Jackson High, Coach Brown asks you to go to the equipment room
and pick up a package to take to the main office.You’ve never been on a high school sports
team, but you manage to locate the equipment room and pick up the package as requested.
According to cognitive learning theory, you are benefiting from _______ learning.
A. conscious C. latent
B. tacit D. observant
14. Which one of the following statements best illustrates implicit memory?
A. At age 40, after 15 years, George got on his old bike and found he could still ride it
without falling on his face.
B. Grace had heard the story about how, when she was three, she blew out the candles
on the cake many times. In fact, she wasn’t sure whether she remembered the incident
or just imagined she did.
C. Maxwell pondered that time, so long ago, when President Roosevelt spoke on the family
radio.
D. Gina searched her memory and explained that if you know two angles of a triangle, you
also know the third, since 180 degrees minus the sum of the two angles gives you the
answer.
15. When Mary is late coming home from work, John decides that it’s because she has lost
interest in their relationship. This situation illustrates the _______ effect.
A. framing C. 20-20 hindsight
B. anchoring D. context perception
16. Martha studies all the kinds of leaves she can find in order to understand what leaves have
in common. Martha’s research is employing _______ reasoning.
A. deductive C. 20-20 hindsight
B. syllogistic D. inductive
17. According to Robert Sternberg’s theory of multiple intelligences, practical intelligence is
associated with
A. mechanical ability. C. inductive reasoning.
B. street smarts. D. people skills.
18. Suppose you’re watching your favorite soap opera. After one of the main characters is
thrown from a galloping horse, she suffers from amnesia. What type of amnesia is she
most likely experiencing?
A. Repressive C. Anterograde
B. Retrograde D. Regressive
19. If you’re interested in raising a creative child, you would be wise to
A. be emphatic about correcting their thinking errors.
B. encourage independent thinking.
C. provide him or her with a lot of critical attention.
D. discourage all but supervised play.
20. Which one of the following examples best represents divergent thinking?
A. Having studied a problem for a long time, you take a nap. On waking, you discover you
can solve the problem if you gather more information.
B. Assembling all your research data, you draw the most reasonable conclusion from a
variety of sources.
C. Considering the shape of two bowls, you recognize that a bowl can be a lid as well as a
container.
D. Observing the behavior of chipmunks for several years, you come to the conclusion that
chipmunks have some kind of intelligence.
3 answers
A. If the present assembly line will take care of building the chassis, we will buy parts for
the upgraded model.
B. Since most people are either “Doves” or “Pigeons,” being nice to them gets their
attention.
C. Since plan A has worked in the past, I say we go with plan A.
D. If your customer says “yes” to the first question, go to question 4; if he or she says “No,”
go to question 5.
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