Stephen, a highly creative and intelligent student, is not doing well in school. He has tried to conform to his teacher's methods of instruction and evaluation, and he has discussed with her what instructional changes she might make to allow him to enhance his motivation and performance. However, the teacher is unable to accommodate him because of time constraints. Stephen speaks to his parents about enrolling in a private, alternative school that would offer him a more adaptive learning environment. Sternberg would likely argue that Stephen has a high degree of intelligence.
a. interpersonal
b. intrapersonal
c. practical
d. analytical
Ques. 2What of the following is not true about phenomenology?
a. It addresses the human experience.
b. It describes the essence of human relations.
c. It is based on data gathered from interviews only.
d. It is based on data gathered from multiple sources.
Ques. 3It has been argued that the concept of intelligence encompasses more than the sum of one's tested abilities. According to the text, which of the following might suggest an aspect of intelligence that is not measured by traditional intelligence tests?
a. the ability to pick out major and minor themes in a piece of classical literature
b. the ability to score well on law or medical school boards
c. the ability to develop a logical counterargument to a point of view
d. moral reasoning at the level of Kohlberg's postconventional stage
Ques. 4The main advantage of phenomenology is that it attempts
a. to get at full or partial meaning or context of a complicated phenomenon.
b. to get at the full truth by testing out hypothesis.
c. to generate more meaningful conclusions by selecting a homogenous group of people as cases.
d. to enhance the Generalizability of the findings.
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