Study Questions Number 19
Chapter 9. Thinking and intelligence (329-351)
Student Name _____________________
Date due: 10-25-04
Introduction to Psychology 101
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.
1. What is the psychometric approach to measuring intelligence? (330)
2. What is the cognitive approach to intelligence? (335)
3. What went wrong when the intelligence test was brought to America? (332)
4. When tests find IQ differences between groups of children, many people assume that the children who score lower are inherently less intelligent. What other explanations are possible? (332)
5. What is one reason for disappointing results in constructing culture-free and culture-fair intelligence tests? (333)
6. What is stereotype threat? How does it effect intelligence test performance? (333-334)
7. Why were there no sex differences in the 1937 revision of the Stanford-Binet test? What motivated them to do that? (334)
8. What is the dilemma at the heart of intelligence testing? (334-335)
9. Describe Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence. Name and describe each component. (336-337)
10. What is tacit knowledge? How is tacit knowledge related to academic success? (336-337)
11. What made the difference between the 100 most successful men in the Stanford study and the 100 least successful? (340)
12. Describe the differences between Asians and Americans in their beliefs, standards, and values. (340)
13. What three personality characteristics seem particularly related to creativity? (347-348)