Based on Piaget's understanding of cognitive development, he came up with the term accommodation, which is:
a. how information is incorporated into existing cognitive structures.
b. how we create new cognitive structures and/or behaviors to incorporate new information.
c. how the brain creates neuropathways in order to adapt.
d. the bio-medical mechanism for understanding learning.
e. none of these.
Q. 2Based on Piaget's understanding of cognitive development, he came up with the term assimilation, which is:
a. how information is incorporated into existing cognitive structures.
b. how we create new cognitive structures and/or behaviors to incorporate new information.
c. how the brain creates neuropathways in order to adapt.
d. the bio-medical mechanism for understanding learning.
e. none of these.
Q. 3Cattell's idea that there are two types of main intelligences, crystallized (acquired) and fluid (innate), came from:
a. his animosity toward the Eugenics movement and his personal belief that cultural factors and learned behaviors must play a part in intelligence.
b. his research on brain activity.
c. his research on child development, especially twin studies.
d. his observations that as cultural factors were removed from intelligence tests, marked changes were seen in test scores.
Q. 4Which of the following is NOT one of Guilford's cognitive abilities?
a. Functions or the way that cognitive structures work
b. Operations or the processes we use in understanding
c. Contents or what we use to perform our thinking process
d. Product or the end result of our thinking processes
Q. 5Guilford's model of intelligence can best be described by which of the following?
a. A circle in which cognitive operations are recycled.
b. A parallelogram in which opposing cognitive functions complement understanding and occur simultaneously.
c. A cube with three kinds of cognitive ability and different mental abilities will require different combinations of these abilities.
d. An abyss in which cognitive functions are embedded in unconscious cognitive structures.
Q. 6Which statement is NOT true about Vernon's Hierarchical Model of Intelligence?
a. There were four levels and factors from each lower level contributed to the next level.
b. Vernon's top level was comprised of a number of independent factors that mediated all intelligence.
c. Level 2 had two major factors: verbal and educational abilities and mechanical-spatial-practical abilities. d. Level 3 is comprised of minor group factors.
e. Level 4 is made of specific factors.
Q. 7Thurstone's model of intelligence is best known for which of the following?
a. Differentiating between fluid and crystallized intelligence
b. Seven primary abilities that do not combine to make a g factor
c. A hierarchical model consisting of four levels of factors
d. The concepts of accommodation and assimilation
e. None of these
Q. 8Spearman's two factor approach included:
a. a general factor (g) and a specific factor (s).
b. fluid, culturally free intelligence and crystallized, learned intelligence.
c. the process factors of assimilation and accommodation.
d. higher order and lower order intelligence.
Q. 9In criticizing the Binet Scales created by Alfred Binet, this individual stated that the intelligence test was a hodgepodge or promiscuous pooling of factors.
a. Spearman
b. Thurstone
c. Vernon
d. Cattell
e. Gardner
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