Human Development A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition By Jeffrey Jensen Arnett – Test Bank

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the theorist who first described fluid and crystallized intelligence?
a. Raymond Cattell
b. Jean Piaget
c. Alfred Binet
d. Robert Sternberg
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1
Page: 522
Skill: F
Learning Objective: 11.5
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

2. What type of intelligence involves information processing abilities such as short-term memory, ability to discern relations between visual stimuli, and speed of synthesizing new information?
a. verbal intelligence
b. performance intelligence
c. fluid intelligence
Correct. Fluid intelligence involves information processing abilities such as short-term memory, ability to discern relations between visual stimuli, and speed of synthesizing new information.
d. crystallized intelligence
Incorrect. Crystallized intelligence involves the accumulation of a person’s culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2
Page: 522
Skill: C
Learning Objective: 11.5
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand
% correct 67 a= 0 b= 8 c= 67 d= 17 r = .21

3. In Cattell’s theory, what type of intelligence is a biologically based quality of the neurological system and cannot be trained or taught?
a. verbal intelligence
b. performance intelligence
c. fluid intelligence
Correct. Fluid intelligence is a biologically based quality of the neurological system.
d. crystallized intelligence
Incorrect. Crystallized intelligence involves the accumulation of a person’s culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3
Page: 522
Skill: C
Learning Objective: 11.5
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand

4. What type of intelligence represents the accumulation of a person’s culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social convention?
a. verbal intelligence
b. performance intelligence
c. fluid intelligence
Incorrect. Fluid intelligence involves information processing abilities such as short-term memory, ability to discern relations between visual stimuli, and speed of synthesizing new information.
d. crystallized intelligence
Correct. Crystallized intelligence is the accumulation of a person’s culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2
Page: 522
Skill: C
Learning Objective: 11.5
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand
% correct 75 a= 8 b= 0 c= 17 d= 75 r = .28

5. What type of intelligence includes the person’s vocabulary, cultural information stored in long-term memory, and logical reasoning abilities?
a. verbal intelligence
b. performance intelligence
c. fluid intelligence
Incorrect. Fluid intelligence involves information processing abilities such as short-term memory, ability to discern relations between visual stimuli, and speed of synthesizing new information.
d. crystallized intelligence
Correct. Crystallized intelligence includes the person’s vocabulary, cultural information stored in long-term memory, and logical reasoning abilities.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 3
Page: 522
Skill: C
Learning Objective: 11.5
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Understand

6. You notice that you are very quick to respond to the changing conditions in a new video game that you just bought. In fact, you are better at responding and adapting to the scenery and demands of the game than your friends who bought and started playing the game two weeks ago. What type of intelligence are you tapping into?
a. verbal intelligence
b. performance intelligence
c. fluid intelligence
Correct. Fluid intelligence involves information processing abilities and speed of synthesizing new information, which is what is demanded for this game.
d. crystallized intelligence
Incorrect. Fluid intelligence involves information processing abilities and speed of synthesizing new information, which is what is demanded for this game.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 3
Page: 522
Skill: A
Learning Objective: 11.5
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Apply

7. What study began with a sample of over 5,000 young and middle adults in 1956 and continues to this day?
a. Terman’s Longitudinal Study
b. Seattle Longitudinal Study
c. New York Longitudinal Study
d. Binet’s Longitudinal Study
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2
Page: 523
Skill: F
Learning Objective: 11.5
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

8. Which of the following individuals is in a job that requires having high fluid intelligence?
a. an Air Force pilot
Correct. Someone who flies high-speed jets would exhibit abilities consistent with fluid intelligence.
b. a school librarian
c. a plumber
d. a professor of psychology
Incorrect. A psychology professor is more likely to rely on crystallized intelligence to succeed at his or her job.
Answer: A
Page: 522
Skill: A
Learning Objective: 11.5
Difficulty: 3
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Apply

9. In Cattell’s theory, fluid intelligence is a ____ quality of the nervous system and cannot be trained or taught.
a. psychologically based
b. socially based
c. environmentally based
d. biologically based
Answer: D
Page: 522
Skill: F
Learning Objective: 11.5
Difficulty: 1
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember

10. What type of intelligence represents the accumulation of a person’s culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions?
a. G-intelligence
b. crystallized intelligence
c. fluid intelligence
d. multiple intelligence
Answer: B
Page: 522
Skill: F
Learning Objective: 11.5
Difficulty: 1
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level: Remember