Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Questions Below

question 23

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the questions below.
Northeast of Australia and northwest of Fiji lies the isolated tropical island of Tikopia. Less than two square miles in length, it supports 1,200 people and has been continuously occupied for nearly 3,000 years, with the population holding steady for much of that time. It has a two-month dry season every year and lies in the Pacific's cyclone belt, which destroys homes and gardens on an unpredictable but regular basis. Tikopia is too far away from other islands to have any regular contact; the islanders must be self-sufficient.
-People live in clans on the island. Within the clan, individual families are probably encouraged to ____________ in order to ____________.

• A)have very few children; avoid food shortages
• B)have as many children as possible; care for their parents and other older clan members
• C)have very few children; concentrate the clan wealth among only a few people
• D)have as many children as possible; grow crops to feed the clan
• E)have as many children as possible; wage war on other clans

Grasp the concepts and implications of different theories of intelligence, including Sternberg's triarchic theory and Gardner's multiple intelligences.

Understand the use and interpretation of IQ scores and their limitations.

Identify the age ranges for different standardized intelligence tests and their intended purposes.

Comprehend the role of environmental and socio-economic factors on intelligence and academic achievement.

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