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Cognition, Fifth Edition: Chapter 12

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Question 1:


a) The importance of intelligence for practical life
b) General intelligence (g)
c) Crystallized intelligence
d) Working memory

Question 2:


a) Fluid intelligence
b) Working memory
c) Neural plasticity
d) Dedicated intelligence

Question 3:


a) Crystallized and fluid intelligence are highly and positively correlated.
b) IQ test scores are inversely related height.
c) IQ test scores have decreased over time.
d) IQ test scores have increased over time.

Question 4:


a) Metacomponents, fluid components, and crystallized components
b) Metacomponents, performance components, and knowledge acquisition components
c) Analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, and fluid components
d) Entrenched components, non-entrenched components, and metacomponents

Question 5:


a) A single underlying ability
b) Two underlying abilities
c) Multiple underlying abilities
d) Practical underlying ability

Question 6:


a) True
b) False

Question 7:


a) True
b) False

Question 8:


a) True
b) False

Question 9:


a) True
b) False

Question 10:


a) True
b) False