Heritability refers to the extent to which an attribute (such as intelligence) is susceptible to ...

Heritability refers to the extent to which an attribute (such as intelligence) is susceptible to change.
 
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Ques. 2

This type of transfer occurs when a highly practiced skill is carried over from one situation to another, with little or no reflective thinking.
 
  a. backward-reaching
  b. negative
  c. low-road
  d. high-road

Ques. 3

Linguistic intelligence is one of the eight separate intelligences as proposed by Howard Gardner.
 
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Ques. 4

Benjamin is very smart in school. However, he has difficulty using his knowledge when he encounters problems outside school. Benjamin has a problem with which of the following?
 
  a. automaticity
  b. heuristics
  c. transfer
  d. functional fixedness

Ques. 5

The psychometric approach to creativity emphasizes the relevance of intrinsic motivation for creative thinking.
 
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Ques. 6

Systems theories of intelligence are based on statistical analyses of conventional tests of intelligence.
 
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Ques. 7

A person is unable to invent a specific new use for something because the person is so used to seeing a conventional use for that thing.
 
  a. mental set
  b. availability heuristic
  c. functional fixedness
  d. representative heuristic

Ques. 8

A predisposition to think about a problem in a particular way.
 
  a. mental set
  b. functional fixedness
  c. availability heuristic
  d. representative heuristic

Ques. 9

Theodore Simon helped to create the first IQ test.
 
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Ques. 10

Caroline makes a list of all the steps needed to complete the term paper, before she begins it. Caroline is using which type of heuristic?
 
  a. working backward
  b. working forward
  c. means-ends analysis
  d. generate and test

Ques. 11

JoAnn is asked to subtract one number from another and to provide an answer. JoAnn has been asked to solve which of the following?
 
  a. mental set
  b. heuristic
  c. ill-structured problem
  d. well-structured problem

Ques. 12

A student who breaks down a problem, such as completing a complex term paper, into smaller problems or subgoals and works in turn on each is using which type of heuristic?
 
  a. working backward
  b. working forward
  c. means-ends analysis
  d. generate and test