Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences asserts there are eight or nine intelligences and is based on his research of brain-damaged individuals, as well as literature in the areas of the brain, evolution, genetics, psychology and anthropology.
a. True
b. False
Q. 2Piaget's understanding of cognitive development was a gain model as opposed to a process model.
a. True
b. False
Q. 3Cattell found heritability of fluid (innate) intelligence to be around .92, which basically means if your parents have it, you are likely to have it.
a. True
b. False
Q. 4Crystallized (learned) intelligence will generally increase with age while fluid (innate) intelligence tends to slightly decline as we age.
a. True
b. False
Q. 5Thurstone believed that intelligence was established from one primary factor similar to Spearman's g.
a. True
b. False
Q. 6In Spearman's two-factor approach to intelligence, the amount of g or s varies as a function of the characteristic being examined.
a. True
b. False
Q. 7Which of the following statements is true about the Boston Process Approach (BPA) to neuropsychological assessment?
a. There is a strong emphasis on qualitative data.
b. It requires all examinees to take the same set of instruments.
c. It has been heavily researched and there is ample psychometric data available.
d. Results are widely accepted in courts of law.
e. All of these are true.
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