Chapter 10, Chat Quiz

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Understanding Intelligence and Dyslexia Quiz

Test your knowledge about intelligence, dyslexia, and cognitive processes with our engaging quiz! This quiz covers various topics including language processing, decision-making, and problem-solving. Whether you're a student, teacher, or simply curious, this quiz will provide valuable insights.

  • Explore the complexities of the human brain.
  • Discover how intelligence is measured.
  • Learn about the impact of dyslexia on learning.
19 Questions5 MinutesCreated by LearningMind101
Can someone be intelligent and dyslexic?
Yes
No
Brocas area and Wernickes areas in the brain.
Brocas- Slow, effortful speaking combined with good comprehension
Wernickes-Fluent, meaningless speech w/o comprehension
Brocas-Fluent, meaningless speech w/o comprehension
Wernickes- Slow, effortful speaking combined with good comprehension
The brain has complex pathways for processing language. They connect Broca's and WErnicke's areas to other cortical areas involved in cognition.
What is an IQ test intended to predict?
Intelligence
Mental age
School performance as opposed to complex construct of intelligence.
What are standard measures of intelligence positively correlated with?
Mathematics and verbal skills
Art and design
Crystallized intelligence
Overall brain volume
Thickness of the cerebral cortex,particularly prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes.
What is socioeconomic status positively correlated with?
High IQ scores
Low IQ scores
What IQ level does that correlate with?What is the IQ required to be considered gifted?
Giftedness
IQ
130
110
100
What is Crystallized Intelligence?
Building from what you already know
The ability to think logically using specific learned knowledge.
Requires specific learned knowledge, like vocabulary words or math
Language has been defined as a system for communicating thoughts and feelings using what?
Arbitrary signals
Sound, motions, sight, hearing
Can Good Decision Making be taught or is it only innate?
It can be taught.
It is only innate.
Both
The following statement is considered to be TRUE. Why is that? People can turn visual mental images around in their minds, zoom in or out, and identify their features.
Physiological answer:its true because the images are processed in the visual cortex
Cognitive answer: because we sometimes think in symbols or images
Because we treat mental images like real objects
The use of higher order thought
Why is this statement true "Exemplars provide a better way of thinking about the variability of a category than prototypes."
Exemplars are specific
Prototypes are specific
Exemplars give us a standard
Which of the following is the BEST example of problem solving? I'll give your four options. Joe feels discouraged by his weight gain during his freshman year in college. He doesn’t know quite what to do, so he continues in his current lifestyle. Joan and her friends debate the current political situation in China into the wee hours of the night. Reed lets her friend vent about her nonexistent dating life. She listens empathically but does not offer advice. 5:08 PMRoy is worried about his persistent sore throat. He does research on the Internet and decides to contact his doctor. Joe, Joan, Reed or Roy?
Joe
Joan
Reed
Roy
I was working on my sprinkler system today. A "Zone" would not shut off. I kept trying to turn off the electrical circut to the zone but that did not help. I did this about three times. What I should have done is just closed the valve to the water. What was I displaying? (This did not really happen but I think it will be a good exaample.)
Functional fixedness
Non-functional fixedness
I kept trying to solve the problem using a solution that has proved to be incorrect. I did not "see" an easy answer to the problem.
Help me to understand what a represetativeness heuristic. Give me an example or define the term. What is a RH?
A muscular guy is probably a football player
We misjudged this person because of our bias.
Assuming someone is something just because of someway they look or act
What is an Affect Heuristic?
We choose between alternatives based on our "gut" reaction
Using emotional responses
What can result from damage to the frontal lobes?
Impulsive behavior
Poor decision making
What is a phoneme?
Speech sounds
Smallest component of speech that carries meaning.
Which of the following is an example of a phoneme?
"un" in unintended
"ly" in softly
"Sh" in shock
"es" in boxes
What is dyslexia?
Difficult time learning to read despite typical intelligence and exposure to adequate teaching methods
They have a hard time distinguishing the similar sounds in the phonomes
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