Hierarchical models, such as Carroll's, conceive of intelligence as
a. a global general ability factor.
b. essentially social in its nature.
c. a collection of many separate skills.
d. combining a general factor with many specific abilities.
Question 2For Cattell and Horn, crystallized intelligence refers to
a. the ability to remember or solve problems.
b. acquired knowledge and ability.
c. abstract ideas that relate to crystalline structures.
d. the ability to apply formal symbolic logic.
Question 3As one ascends the theoretical strata in Carroll's hierarchical theory, intellectual factors become more
a. free from cultural biases.
b. gender-focused.
c. specific.
d. global.
Question 4A child who gets an excellent education at a top school will likely do well on tests of ____ intelligence.
a. structure-of-intellect
b. general factor
c. crystallized
d. fluid
Question 5According to Cattell and Horn, fluid intelligence refers to
a. ideas that relate abstractly to liquids.
b. the ability to perceive relationships and solve relational problems independent of experience in school.
c. acquired knowledge and ability.
d. factors that are specific to a particular test type.
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