SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 SI Exam Chapter SI Exam 3 Review Chapters 7 8 9 12 Disclaimer Due to time constraints it is not possible for me to cover 100 of the exam material You are responsible for knowing the exam information which comes from lectures notes the book and any other materials such as videos provided to you by your instructors 1 You forget where you saved a document so you systematically go through every single folder on your laptop This approach is best described as a n 2 Your friend argues that cigarette smoking is not unhealthy because his grandfather smoked three packs of cigarettes each day and lived to be 100 years old He is most likely using the 3 Jim is hosting a dinner party As the guests arrive he realizes that he does not have a wine opener He does not realize that he could use a normal screw and some pliers to remove the screws if necessary This error is an example of 4 Randall believes that aliens crash landed in the western United States in the 1950 s When looking for information about this on the internet he ignores any sites that are skeptical about his beliefs and only visits talks to friends about the sites that support his belief This is an example of A Heuristic B Algorithm C Means end analysis D Analogy A Representativeness heuristic B Availability heuristic C Means end analysis D None of the above A Confirmation bias B Divergent thinking C Heuristic D Functional fixedness A Functional fixedness B Confirmation bias C Creativity bias D Confirmation fixedness SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 5 Which intelligence researcher emphasized a g factor which is general intelligence g or the ability to reason and solve problems A Spearman B Gardner C Stanford Binet D Sternberg 6 Which part of Sternberg s triarchic theory refers to the ability to deal with new and different concepts and to come up with new ways of solving problems A Analytical intelligence when you re able to break down problems into component parts B Practical intelligence info used to get along in life and the every day world C Creative intelligence D Logical mathematical intelligence not included in the theory 7 One difference between the Weschler and IQ tests is that A The WAIS test was developed by Alfred Binet B C The Weschler test has one intelligence scale for adults and one for children one for IQ tests measure innate intelligence which does not change preschool children one for children one for adults D More than one of the above 8 Using the Stanford Binet IQ formula what would be the IQ of an individual who has a mental age of 10 and a chronological age of 15 A 150 B 110 C 82 D 67 IQ mental age chronological age x 100 9 The clock in your car is five minutes fast If you were to measure time using this clock your measurement would be but not A Valid reliable B Reliable valid C Standardized valid D Standardized reliable 10 The following are lists of the elements of spoken language Which is listed in correct order from least complex to most complex A Grammar phonemes morphemes SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 B Grammar morphemes phonemes morphemes smallest unit of meaning w i a language playing 2 morphemes play and ing Phoneme basic unit of sound w i a language the a in car is different than the word in day C Morphemes phonemes grammar D Phonemes morphemes grammar 11 No one regardless of their culture or race should perform any differently on a standardized IQ test A True B False IQ tests are culture specific and in the us they are normed on a predominant Caucasian sample 12 To what extent is intelligence inherited Or put another way is intelligence the result of nature or nurture A B C It is all nature It is all nurture It is some combination of the two child 45 genes 30 family 25 non family 75 genes 25 non family environment 12 What are concepts A Ideas that represent a class or category of objects events or activities B Mental representations that stand for objects or events and have a picture like quality C Activity that goes on in the brain when a person is organizing and attempting to understand and or communicate information to others 13 The heuristic can be used to create and maintain stereotypes A Availability B Representative C Insight D Means end analysis A True B False 14 Those people who multi task all the time are actually worse than people who rarely do it 15 Dolphins according to TV and movies are very intelligent and have strong language abilities They might even be able to talk However which statement is true from the research A Dolphins have been shown to master syntax B Dolphins have the language abilities of a 3 year old SI Leader Ashleigh Ledet alede12 tigers lsu edu Sessions Monday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office 39 Allen basement Thursday 4 30 6 in Coates 236 Office hours Wednesday 10 25 AM 12 25 C Dolphin communication with parrots has been firmly established D None of these are true dolphins aren t capable of syntax which is the rules for combining words and phrases to form grammatically correct sentences 16 The system of rules that governs a language is while is the system of rules for combining words and phrases to form grammatically correct sentences A Grammar language B Grammar syntax C Syntax language D Semantics syntax 17 What is mean IQ of the population A 50 B 85 C 100 15 is one standard deviation D 115 18 How are intelligence tests clinically useful A The tests alone are used to diagnos intellectual disabilities B They help understand strengths and weaknesses ie what areas some people are strong in and what areas are lacking C There is no clinical benefit to IQ tests 19 Which type of research design involves studying groups from multiple different age groups at only one moment in time A Longitudinal B Cross sectional C Cross sequential D Cross cultural 20 twins share genetics the same way that siblings do whereas twins are exactly the same genetically A Monozygotic Identical Dizygotic Fraternal B Dizygotic Identical Monozygotic Fraternal C Monozygotic Fraternal Dizygotic Identical D Dizygotic Fraternal Monozygotic
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