Unit Test — Unit test Answers

Which of the following best illustrates the use of the availability heuristic?

A problem solving method that involves trying all possible solutions until one works is using ___________.

In Philip’s French class, the students are learning how to pronounce closed vowels and open vowels. The students are most likely studying French __________.

__________ is not a general mental ability tested on most intelligence tests.

Siblings raised together have higher similarity in IQ than siblings reared apart.

_________ is the score resulting from dividing a person’s chronological age by his or her mental age and multiplying that number by 100.

__________ states that scores on IQ tests have steadily risen since 1920.

__________ subtheory explains that intelligence is influenced by culture.

Language is generative, which means that the symbols of a language __________.

According to the behaviorist theories of language acquisition, language is __________.

A step-by-step procedure used to obtain a particular goal when in search for a problem’s solution is a(n) __________.

Howard Gardner suggests that the ability to understand nature is a type of intelligence.

Research indicates that animals have the same capacity for language as humans.

All of the following are subtheories of the triarchic theory of human intelligence except __________ subtheory.

When children use the word “doggie” to refer to every four-legged animal they see, __________ occurs.

Which of the following statements is true about prairie dogs?

All languages are comprised of the same phonemes.

A(n) __________ test measures what it is supposed to measure.

To be labeled with an intellectual disability, one must score below a 70 on intelligence tests and have limitations in at least two adaptive skill areas.

According to the article “Can You Raise Emotional Intelligence?” by Jack Mayer, all of the following are components of emotional intelligence except __________.