1. The car is not operating correctly. The mechanic opens the hood and says, “We’ve been seeing lots of cars recently with fouled plugs or dirty fuel filters. Let’s start there and see if that’s your problem, too.” The mechanic is using a(n)?
  2. an algorithm
  3. heuristic
  4. compensatory model
  5. noncompensatory model
  1. Ken knows that the radius of a circle is 5 feet, but he needs to calculate the diameter. The most effective solution strategy he can use involves a(n) ______
  2. Heuristic
  3. Algorithm
  4. Means-end analysis
  5. Noncompensatory model
  6. Which of the following is the BEST example of hill climbing
  7. Spending $100.00 impulsively while shopping
  8. Finishing a puzzle
  9. Constructing a model of your project
  10. Playing roulette at a casino and putting it all on number 17
  11. A strategy that involves analyzing the difference between the current situation and the desired goal, and then reducing the discrepancy, is called _
  12. means-end analysis
  13. compensatory modeling
  14. a problem-solving set
  15. creating subgoals
  16. Amanda is on a strict diet that allows her exactly 800 calories a day. Which of the following strategies is MOST likely to help her succeed in her goal?
  17. an algorithm
  18. hill-climbing
  19. creating subgoals
  20. working backwards
  21. Agnes has a problem and she is not sure how to go about solving it. Which of the following is a tactic likely to be useful to her in solving her problem?
  22. functional fixedness
  23. response set
  24. visualizing
  25. regression
  26. Which of the following is NOT a type of creative problem solving?
  27. convergent thinking
  28. divergent thinking
  29. insight
  30. brainstorming
  31. A special kind of problem solving in which we already know all the possible solutions or choices is __.
  32. convergent thinking
  33. divergent thinking
  34. decision making
  35. functional thinking
  36. You are deciding where to go on vacation, you decide you want a place where you can relax, place that is warm and a place that you can reach inexpensively. But you will not consider any place that is more than 1,000 miles away. What kind of decision making model are you using
  37. Visualization
  38. Brainstorming
  39. Non compensatory
  40. Compensatory
  1. In the absence of full and accurate information, people often make decisions based on whatever information is most easily retrieved from memory, even though this information may not be accurate. This process of decision making is called ______.
  2. compensatory modeling
  3. hill-climbing
  4. the availability heuristic
  5. the representativeness heuristic
  6. The tendency to view outcomes as inevitable and predictable after we knew the outcome is called ______.
  7. the self-serving bias
  8. the correspondence bias
  9. hindsight bias
  10. confirmation bias
  11. If there is no relationship between two sets of test scores for the same group of people, the correlation coefficient is ______.
  12. 0
  13. 1.0
  14. 10
  15. 100
  16. Terman established the IQ score of _ for a person of average intelligence.
  17. 50
  18. 100
  19. 150
  20. 200
  21. The individual test most often given to adults is ______.
  22. the WAIS-III
  23. the WISC-III
  24. the Stanford-Binet
  25. the MMPI
  26. Environmentalists argue that environmental factors begin to affect intelligence ______.
  27. at conception
  28. within the womb
  29. at birth
  30. at one year of age
  31. A test that minimize or eliminate the use of words are ______.
  32. IQ tests
  33. aptitude tests
  34. performance tests
  35. achievement tests
  1. The ability of a test to produce consistent and stable scores is its ______.
  2. validity
  3. mode
  4. reliability
  5. standard deviation
  6. Ruby received a score of 90 on an intelligence test. Two days later she received a score of 55 on a different form of the same test. The test was apparently lacking in ______.
  7. validity
  8. reliability
  9. content-relations
  10. culture-fairness
  1. An investigator who correlates the scores on the odd-numbered items of a test with the scores on the even-numbered items of the same test is establishing ______.
  2. split-half reliability
  3. content validity
  4. test-retest reliability
  5. criterion-related validity
  6. Prenatal malnutrition ______.
  7. can lower IQ scores
  8. has no effect on IQ scores Old
  9. results in low early IQ scores that almost always later increase to normal and above normal levels
  10. results in early high IQ scores that later decline to markedly lower-than-normal levels
  11. Children in the Skeels study who were left to be raised in orphanages ______.
  12. showed a marked decrease in their IQ scores (15 pts or more)
  13. showed no change in their IQ scores
  14. showed a slight increase in IQ scores (10 pts or less)
  15. showed a marked increase in IQ scores (15 pts or more)
  16. The idea that heredity affects IQ is BEST supported by the very high correlation between IQ scores of ______.
  17. identical twins reared together
  18. identical twins reared separately
  19. fraternal twins reared together
  20. fraternal twins reared separately

23. Which of the following is an individual test?

a.Stanford-Binet

b.GRE

c.SCAT

d.SAT

24. What does the Flynn Effect show:

a. IQ’s are rising

b. IQ’s are staying the same

c. IQ’s are declining

d. IQ’s go up in rural areas but decline in urban

25. You are discussing creativity and intelligence with a friend who says, “Those are two different things. There’s no relationship between being intelligent and being creative: Bases on what you have learned in this chapter, which of the following would be the most accurate reply?

a. You’re right, There is no evidence of a relationship between creativity and intelligence

b. You’re wrong. There is a relationship between intelligence and creativity but it’s complex and is understood only when the individual facets of intelligence and creativity are taken into account

c. That’s apparently true only among very bright people. For most people, creativity and intelligence tend to go together

d. That’s true for people with IQ scores below about 100, but above that point, intelligence and creativity tend to go together.

Name ______Period _____ Date _____

Matching 3 points each

1. 11. 21.

2.12. 22.

3. 13. 23.

4. 14. 24.

5.15. 25.

16.

616.

7.17.

8. 18.

9.19.

10.20.

Give an example of the following terms 3 points each

  1. Compensatory Model
  2. Hindsight Bias
  3. Functional Fixedness

10 Points

Name and briefly explain 5 of the 8 fields of multiple intelligence discussed in our chapter.

6 points

Summarize the evidence regarding gender differences and cultural differences in mental abilities.