Question 1

Explain the difference in familial and organic intellectual disability,including the percentage of persons with each type of disability,the causes of each,and how familial and certain types of organic intellectual disabilities can be prevented.

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Question 2

Discuss Howard Gardner's view of intelligence,including a description of his eight types of intelligences,and compare and contrast his view with the one utlized in traditional IQ testing.

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Question 3

Explain how video games,the Internet,and television may actually have increased the intelligence in Westernized nations.

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Question 4

Describe how African Americans have been unfairly stigmatized because of their performance on standardized IQ tests; and state the counterarguments against the claim that IQ differences among races are due to "genetic heritage."

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Question 5

List the five cognitive factors of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales,Fifth Edition (SB5),
describing the items used to measure each factor,and compare the SB5 with the Wechsler
scales,indicating their similiarities and diffierences and what skills are measured by the
WAIS-IV.

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Question 6

Robert Sternberg referred to "book learning" as __________ intelligence.

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Question 7

Compare and contrast the intellectual abilities of males and females; explain why very small gender differences in intellectual skills may still exist; and describe how overall IQ is affected by age,why some people make fairly large gains in IQ while others have sizable losses; and the difference in fluid and crystallized intelligences.

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Question 8

Discuss artificial intelligence,including computer simulations and expert systems,their uses,and limitations.

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Question 9

Discuss the five popular misconceptions about high intelligence that Terman's study of the gfited corrected; and describe how Terman's more successful gifted participants differerd from the less successful ones.

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Question 10

Your child,like other children at his or her school,is being tested several times a year with standardized tests.What are the advantages and disadvantages of this mass standardized testing for your child?

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Question 11

Explain test reliability and validity and the methods by which each can be established; describe what makes a test objective; and provide the two definitions of test standardization and why these two aspects of testing are needed.

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Quiz 9: C: Intelligence