Question 1

In existence for about 50 years, the largest federally funded early childhood education program in the United States is __________.

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Question 2

Peter was born with a condition that required a tube to be surgically implanted to drain fluid from his brain into his abdomen to minimize brain damage.Peter has the condition known as __________.

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Question 3

Sam has an IQ of 65, his educational classification is educable, and he needs only intermittent support regarding his adaptive skills.According to the DSM-5, Sam would be classified as having a(n)__________ intellectual disability.

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Question 4

Six-year-old Gene has an intellectual disability, is hyperactive, and is physically larger than average for his age with a long, thin face, big ears, and a peculiar tendency to avoid eye contact.Gene has the second most common form of genetic intellectual disability, which affects more males than females, and is called ___________.

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Question 5

In Terman's study, the main difference between the most successful gifted and the least successful gifted students was that the successful ones had the desire to know, to excel, and to persevere, which is known as intellectual __________.

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Question 6

Psychologists sometimes refer to those gifted individuals who have IQs above 140 or are exceptionally creative as __________.

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Question 7

The type of organic disorders, which affect energy production and use in the body and can cause intellectual disabilities, are called __________ disorders.

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Question 8

If a person scored between 120 and 129 on the WAIS-IV, their score would be in the range of intelligence referred to as __________.

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Question 9

If you take an IQ test today, the test examiner will convert your relative standing on this test for your age group to a(n)__________ IQ.

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Question 10

Dr.Tryon believes that one can selectively breed animals for desirable characteristics, such as intelligence, with this science of selective breeding being known as __________.

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Question 11

Sarita is four years old, but she enjoys talking with older children and with adults.She shows kindness to people, is cooperative, has an excellent memory, and has been talking in complete sentences since she was two.Sarita is showing early signs of __________.

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Question 12

Jason and his two siblings all have IQs below 70 and come from a very poor household where nutrition, intellectual stimulation, medical care, and emotional support are inadequate.Jason and his siblings have what is termed a(n)__________ intellectual disability.

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Question 13

Because the gifted child may become bored in classes designed for average children, many schools now provide for these extremely bright children special __________ classes.

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Question 14

Morgan is 57 years old and has worked as an accountant for over 30 years.Although she may be a "little slower on the uptake" than she was when she first started work, everyone comes to her because she "knows the ropes" and is a wealth of accumulated knowledge.Thus, Morgan's is showing no decline in her acquired knowledge, or __________ intelligence.

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Question 15

An intellectual disability can result from the infant having an insufficient supply of thyroid hormone (congenital hypothyroidism), a condition also known as __________.

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Question 16

The rapid rise in IQ gains that have occurred over the last 50 years in Western, industrialized nations is referred to as the __________ effect.

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Question 17

An intellectual disability is defined as having an IQ score of approximately 70 or below and a significant difficulty with abilities, such as dressing, eating, communicating, shopping, or working, which are called __________ behaviors.

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Question 18

For decades, men, as a group, scored higher than women on portions of intelligence tests that emphasized math and __________.

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Question 19

One explanation for the extraordinary performances of people with savant syndrome is that an area of the brain is damaged, freeing the person from the "distractions" of language, concepts, and higher-level thoughts.This area of the brain that is theorized to be damaged in persons with savant syndrome is the __________.

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Question 20

Regarding the twin studies on intelligence, twins who develop from two separate eggs fertilized at the same time are known as __________ twins.

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Quiz 9: Intelligence.