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The role of intense,daily practice in developing expert performance skills is known as


A) longitudinal study.
B) the g factor.
C) practical intelligence.
D) the 28-year rule.

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Jill is great with animals.She cares for them deeply and seems to have a knack for interacting with them.Howard Gardner would most likely suggest that she is high in ________intelligence.


A) linguistic
B) bodily-kinesthetic
C) naturalist
D) existential

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Of the following,who best illustrates Sternberg's concept of analytical intelligence?


A) Trudy,a student who receives lower grades in physical education than in any other course
B) Freda,a business executive who effectively motivates her sales staff
C) Selma,a 9-year-old who solves complicated mathematical problems in record time
D) Nicole,a teenager who completes the road test for her driver's license without a single error

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Howard Gardner identified a total of ________ relatively independent intelligences.


A) three
B) five
C) nine
D) twelve

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When Phoebe strongly disagrees with her sister's opinion,she effectively controls her own anger and responds with empathy to her sister's frustration regarding their dispute.Her behavior best illustrates


A) factor analysis.
B) analytic intelligence.
C) practical intelligence.
D) emotional intelligence.

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Caleb had a high score on both the critical reading and mathematics sections of the SAT.He is an excellent map-reader and his reasoning abilities are fantastic.According to Spearman,what is likely underlying these abilities?


A) savant syndrome
B) factor analysis
C) general intelligence (g factor)
D) multiple intelligences

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Factor analysis is a statistical procedure that can be used to


A) identify multiple intelligences.
B) predict performance on various complex skills.
C) identify clusters of related items.
D) correlate individuals' skills in evolutionarily familiar situations.

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Maxine achieves high scores on tests of word fluency but not on tests of numerical ability.Maxine's selective abilities fits well with whose theory of intelligence?


A) L.L.Thurstone
B) Charles Spearman
C) Howard Gardner
D) Edward Thorndike

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Describe the four abilities that constitute emotional intelligence,and give an example of each.

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David's motorcycle would occasionally lose power or stall out.David thought about possible solutions: changing the ignition wires,putting an additive in the gas tank,or taking his motorcycle to a mechanic and letting the mechanic figure out the problem.David decided to put an additive in the gas tank to see if that corrected the problem.Which of Sternberg's intelligences was David using?


A) naturalist intelligence
B) creative intelligence
C) analytical intelligence
D) logical-mathematical intelligence

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Rebecca makes straight As in all her classes but is not good at drawing,painting,writing,or singing.Sternberg would say that Rebecca is high in


A) practical intelligence but low in analytical intelligence.
B) analytical intelligence but low in creative intelligence.
C) creative intelligence but low in practical intelligence.
D) practical intelligence and high in analytical intelligence.

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Professor Jenkins believes that intelligence cannot be measured by a single intelligence score.Rather,intelligence should be derived from seven clusters of primary mental abilities.Professor Jenkins' view of intelligence most closely resemble that of


A) Charles Spearman.
B) L.L.Thurstone.
C) Howard Gardner.
D) Robert Sternberg.

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One component of emotional intelligence involves


A) the ability to completely forget emotionally traumatic experiences.
B) a lack of concern about receiving social approval.
C) predicting accurately when feelings are about to change.
D) selectively focusing attention on positive thoughts and feelings.

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Doggedly persistent motivation and drive is often necessary for successful accomplishments.This best illustrates the importance of


A) the g factor.
B) factor analysis.
C) existential intelligence.
D) grit.

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With whom do you associate the triarchic theory of intelligence?


A) L.L.Thurstone
B) Howard Gardner
C) Charles Spearman
D) Robert Sternberg

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Who argued for a classification of nine independent intelligences,which include musical,spatial,and kinesthetic aptitudes?


A) Charles Spearman
B) Howard Gardner
C) L.L.Thurstone
D) Robert Sternberg

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Robert Sternberg distinguished among analytical,creative,and ________ intelligence.


A) spatial
B) musical
C) practical
D) interpersonal

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Investigators detected a tendency for those who excelled in one of Thurstone's seven primary mental abilities to also demonstrate high levels of competence in other abilities.This provided some evidence of


A) savant syndrome.
B) multiple intelligences.
C) existential intelligence.
D) general intelligence.

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According to Robert Sternberg's ________ theory,there are ________ intelligences.


A) six-factor;six
B) five-intelligences;five
C) quadratic;four
D) triarchic;three

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