What Type of Intelligence Represents the Accumulation of a Person's

question 223

Multiple Choice

What type of intelligence represents the accumulation of a person's culturally based knowledge, language, and understanding of social conventions?

• A)verbal intelligence
• B)performance intelligence
• C)fluid intelligence
• D)crystallized intelligence

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Definitions:

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort experienced by an individual who holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personality-based explanations for behaviors observed in others while underemphasizing the role of situational factors.

Defensive Attribution

A psychological process by which individuals tend to ascribe greater blame to the victims of misfortune for their own victimization when they feel threatened by the likelihood of a similar event happening to them.

Observational Learning

A learning process through which behaviors, attitudes, or skills are acquired by watching and imitating the actions of others.