Intelligence and Cognitive Traits Quiz
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According to Charles Spearman, how can intelligence be defined?

  • A general reasoning ability (correct)
  • A cognitive trait
  • A specific reasoning ability
  • An idiosyncratic definition

    • What are abilities, according to the text?

  • Non-cognitive traits that are involved in problem-solving
  • Non-cognitive traits that are not involved in problem-solving
  • Cognitive traits that are not involved in problem-solving
  • Cognitive traits that are involved in problem-solving (correct)

    • What is the meaning of 'general' in the context of defining intelligence?

  • Narrow in scope
  • Applicable to problems in many different fields (correct)
  • Only applicable to academic problems
  • Applicable to a specific field

    • Which class of theories of intelligence focuses on identifying the ability or groups of abilities that constitute intelligence?

    <p>Factor-analytic theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which class of theories of intelligence focuses on identifying the specific mental processes that constitute intelligence?

    <p>Information-processing theories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed the factor-analytic theory of intelligence?

    <p>Charles Spearman</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Charles Spearman, what is g?

    <p>The portion of variance that all intelligence tests have in common</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does s represent in Spearman's two-factor theory?

    <p>The remaining portions of the variance that are accounted for by specific abilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the positive manifold in Spearman's theory?

    <p>The tendency for measures of intelligence to correlate with each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes Spearman's two-factor theory?

    <p>There is one general factor and multiple specific factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between the degree of correlation between intelligence tests and the factor g in Spearman's two-factor theory?

    <p>Tests with high correlations are highly saturated with g</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is true about the two-factor theory of intelligence?

    <p>It proposes two kinds of factors: general and specific</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of identifying specific factors in the two-factor theory of intelligence?

    <p>To measure different abilities such as visual or motor ability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between general and specific factors in the two-factor theory of intelligence?

    <p>General factors are common to all intellectual tasks, while specific factors are unique to particular tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Spearman's two-factor theory of intelligence, which factor is assumed to afford the best prediction of overall intelligence?

    <p>g</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of problems were thought to be the best measure of g in formal tests, according to Spearman's two-factor theory of intelligence?

    <p>Abstract reasoning problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did Spearman define the g factor in his theory of intelligence?

    <p>As a measure of general intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the general relationship between g and test prediction in Spearman's two-factor theory of intelligence?

    <p>The greater the magnitude of g, the better the test was thought to predict overall intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Spearman believe about the existence of group factors in his theory of intelligence?

    <p>Group factors are neither as general as g nor as specific as s</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Spearman think about the relationship between g and performance on a test?

    <p>G may be composed of more than one factor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the g factor in Spearman's theory of intelligence?

    <p>The sum total of all forces that cause abilities within the same person to be more similar to each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is an example of a group factor according to Spearman's theory of intelligence?

    <p>Linguistic abilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are group factors in Spearman's theory of intelligence?

    <p>Factors that are common to a group of activities but not to all</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a primary mental ability according to Thurstone's theory of intelligence?

    <p>Emotional intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Thurstone propose about the concept of g?

    <p>It is a statistical artefact arising from the mathematical procedures used to study it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Thurstone's tests, what did he find when he administered them to an intellectually homogenous group of children?

    <p>The primary mental abilities were entirely independent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Thurstone find when he administered his tests to an intellectually heterogenous group of children?

    <p>The seven primary mental abilities were moderately correlated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Spearman/Thurstone disagreement concern?

    <p>The perceived difference in relative importance of the first-order PMAs and the second-order g factor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which model proposed 120 independent ability factors?

    <p>Guilford's Structure of Intellect Model</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many different types of intelligence did Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences propose?

    <p>7</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main goal of Guilford and Gardner's multiple-factor models of intelligence?

    <p>To eliminate reference to g</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the Cattell Horn Model, what are the two major cognitive abilities that Spearman's g factor breaks down into?

    <p>Fluid intelligence and Crystallised intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Fluid intelligence according to the Cattell Horn Model?

    <p>The ability to reason, think abstractly, and solve problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Crystallised intelligence according to the Cattell Horn Model?

    <p>The ability to use learned knowledge and experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the Cattell Horn Model, what is fluid ability responsible for?

    <p>Discriminating and perceiving relations between any fundaments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between fluid ability and Spearman's g factor according to the Cattell Horn Model?

    <p>Spearman's g factor arises from gf and gc, and fluid ability is responsible for gf</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What cognitive abilities peak around the age of 25 to 30?

    <p>Memory span, processing speed, and reasoning ability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what age does Vocabulary (a crystallised ability) peak and decrease only minimally into people’s 80s?

    <p>65 to 70</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cognitive ability is considered a crystallised ability?

    <p>Vocabulary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is true about the relationship between fluid intelligence and crystallised intelligence?

    <p>Low fluid intelligence limits the rate at which a person can acquire and retain new knowledge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is investment in the context of the Cattell model?

    <p>The time and effort spent on learning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the joint function of fluid intelligence and investment in the Cattell model?

    <p>To influence the breadth and depth of crystallised intelligence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Cattell's theory, what is the relationship between fluid intelligence and crystallised intelligence?

    <p>They are strongly correlated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the explanation for the positive manifold in Cattell's theory?

    <p>Fluid intelligence causes crystallised intelligence via investment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the effect of investments on people with low fluid intelligence, according to Cattell's theory?

    <p>Investments pay smaller dividends for people with low fluid intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Horn's additional broad ability factors, what is the relationship between the different broad intelligence factors?

    <p>They are positively correlated with each other</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Horn's broad ability factors and narrow ability factors?

    <p>The broad ability factors subsume many different narrow ability factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many broad ability factors did Horn propose in addition to Cattell's model?

    <p>Eight</p> Signup and view all the answers

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