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81. As compared to more typical individuals, the intellectually gifted characterized : 1252514
81. As compared to more typical individuals, the intellectually gifted are characterized by being all of the following EXCEPT:
A. outgoing.
B. well-adjusted.
C. awkward.
D. healthy.
82. Which of the following is true of people with high intelligence or intellectually gifted individuals?
A. High intelligence is a homogeneous quality.
B. A person with a high overall IQ is gifted in every academic subject.
C. Intellectually gifted individuals account for 2%-4% of the population.
D. A high IQ is a universal guarantee of success.
83. The study of the intellectually gifted is associated with Terman, who began studying high-IQ children in the:
A. 1920s.
B. 1930s.
C. 1940s.
D. 1950s.
84. A test that does not discriminate against the members of any minority group is termed as a _____ test.
A. culture-neutral
B. culture-fair
C. culture-free
D. culture-liberated
85. Imagine that American children and African children are asked to memorize the locations of objects on a chessboard. In one condition, the objects are rocks; in the other, they are household objects common in the West. What might you predict regarding the children’s performance?
A. The performance of the American children will exceed that of the African children in both conditions.
B. The performance of the African children will exceed that of the American children in both conditions.
C. The performance of the African children will be equivalent to that of the American children in both conditions.
D. The performance of the African children will exceed that of the American children when the objects are rocks but not when they are Western household objects.
86. In The Bell Curve, Herrnstein and Murray argued that:
A. intelligence is a product of nurture alone.
B. intelligence is a product of nature alone.
C. the IQ gap between Caucasian and African Americans reflects genetics.
D. both nature and nurture have no role in the IQ gap between Caucasian and African Americans.
87. The term _____ refers to a measure of the degree to which a characteristic can be attributed to genetic factors.
A. heritability
B. specificity
C. concordance rate
D. cohort effect
88. Which of the following findings support the position Herrnstein and Murray outlined in The Bell Curve?
A. Middle- and upper-SES blacks score the same as middle- and upper-SES whites
B. The black-white IQ gap remains, even when socioeconomic status is controlled.
C. Lower-SES blacks score higher on average than lower-SES whites
D. Whites score 35 points higher than blacks on traditional IQ tests even when socioeconomic status (SES) is taken into account.
89. Which of the following statements is true about Herrnstein and Murray’s arguments in The Bell Curve?
A. Whites score lower than blacks on traditional IQ tests when socioeconomic status (SES) is taken into account.
B. An analysis of IQ differences between whites and blacks demonstrated that there were basic genetic differences between the two races.
C. Middle- and upper-SES blacks score higher than middle- and upper-SES whites.
D. Intelligence differences between blacks and whites can be attributed to environmental differences alone.
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