1. Experiments involving infants' perception of 3-D figures, when combined with visual cliff
data, suggest that
Correct : A. at least some level of depth perception is innate.
2. When infants are placed in the middle of a visual cliff, they usually
Correct : B. move to the shallow side of the apparatus.
3. If you stand in the middle of a cobblestone street, the street will look coarse near your feet
and finer if you look into the distance. This is called
Correct : A. texture gradient.
4. When traveling in a car, near objects seem to move past you faster than distant objects.
This is called
Correct : D. relative motion.
5. The fact that we can walk and chew gum at the same time illustrates that
Correct : C. we use divided attention.
6. Illusions are
Correct : A. distortions of existing stimuli.
7. The fact that objects that are near each other tend to be grouped together is known as
Correct : D. nearness.
8. Which of the following is considered a monocular cue for depth?
Correct : A. convergence
9. According to Goleman the ability to “read” others accurately is an aspect of
Correct : B. practical intelligence
10. Even though the retinal image of an object may change drastically, the object appears
unchanged. This is the principle underlying
Correct : B. shape constancy.
11. Cross-cultural experiences suggest that pictorial cues for depth perception are
Correct : B. learned.
12. The most basic perceptual organization is
Correct : C. figure-grou
13. Procedural memory would be affected by damage to the
Correct : B. cerebellum.
14. Which of the following would be an example of short-term memory?
Correct : B. looking up a phone number and remembering it while you dial
15. According to the interference theory of forgetting,
Correct : B. new learning can inhibit the retrieval of stored memory, and vice-versa.
16. Which of the following is true of rehearsal of information?
Correct : D. rehearsal aids the transfer of information from stm to ltm.
17. The "magic number" __________ represents the average number of "bits" of information
that short-term memory can usually handle.
Correct : C. seven
18. __________ memory is that part of long-term memory containing factual information.
Correct : C. declarative
19. Evolutionary explanations for the efficiency of memory argue
Correct : B. total recall would paralyze us mentally.
20. The kind of memory that lasts for only a second or two is
Correct : D. sensory memory.
21. When new learning disrupts the ability to recall past, stored information, __________ has
been said to occur.
Correct : D. retroactive interference
22. __________ is known for memorizing nonsense syllables and plotting a curve of
forgetting.
Correct : C. ebbinghaus
23. Your recollections about your last birthday are stored in your __________ memory.
Correct : A. episodic
24. If you witnessed a crime and were asked to pick out the criminal from a lineup, you
would be doing what kind of memory task?
Correct : D. recognition
25. Information in long-term memory can be retained up to
Correct : C. many years.
26. __________ memory is that part of long-term memory made up of conditioned responses
and learned skills.
Correct : D. skill
27. Consciously forcing painful or anxiety-producing thoughts from memory is called
Correct : C. suppression.
28. A detailed, practical, and workable solution to a problem is called a(n) __________
solution.
Correct : C. functional
29. If you wanted to enhance creativity, you would want to
Correct : D. look for analogies.
30. Drawing conclusions on the basis of formal principles of reasoning is termed
Correct : C. logical thought.
31. Thought that involves going from general principles to specific situations is called
__________ reasoning.
Correct : A. deductive
32. The term "cognition" includes
Correct : A. thinking, problem solving, reasoning, and dreaming.
33. The person responsible for the development and design of the first useful individual test
of intelligence is
Correct : C. binet.
34. The items actually selected for an intelligence test provide a(n) __________ definition of
intelligence.
Correct : D. operational
35. Speed of processing has been measured by which of the following techniques?
Correct : A. the number of mistakes a person makes
36. The term "g-factor," written about by Neisser, refers to
Correct : B. general abilities.
37. The best summary statement regarding the role of heredity on human intelligence is that
Correct : A. heredity may impose upper limits on intelligence.
38. Howard Gardner has theorized all of the following types of intelligence EXCEPT
Correct : B. creativity.
39. The Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale
Correct : D. assumes that intellectual ability in childhood improves as age increases.
40. Cross-cultural studies during the last thirty years show
Correct : D. iq gains that are typically 15 points.
41. The correlation of intelligence test scores between identical twins is
Correct : A. higher when they are raised together than when they are raised apart.
42. The global capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the
environment is known as:
Correct : A. intelligence
43. Who has regarded intelligence as a capacity of the organism to adjust itself to an
increasingly complex environment?
Correct : C. spencer
44. The concept of “Intelligence Quotient” was devised by a German psychologist:
Correct : B. stern
45. Culture-free tests of intelligence were developed by:
Correct : C. cattell
46. Two-factory of intelligence was advanced by:
Correct : B. carl spearman
47. Guilford’s cubical model provides for:
Correct : B. 120 factors of intelligence
48. Vernon has proposed that elements of G- factor theory and the multifactor theories can be
combined to form a/an:
Correct : C. hierarchical theory
49. Who viewed that intelligence is an adaptive process that involves an interplay of biological maturation and interaction with the environment?
Correct : C. lewis terman
50. According to Sternberg, the ability to analyze and evaluate ideas, solve problems, and
make decisions is best described as
Correct : B. analytical intelligence.
51. Which construct from Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence includes the ability to
find the best fit between the individual and the environment?
Correct : B. practical
52. The first intelligence test was constructed at the bequest of a western government in order
to identify children who were:
Correct : B. mentally retarded.
53. Which intelligence theorist did/does not believe that environment plays a role in the
development of intelligence?
Correct : B. cattell
54. Which of the following constructs of intelligence is proposed by Gardner?
Correct : A. bodily kinesthetic
55. Who proposed that the g factor represents the highest-order common factor among
individual differences in IQ?