If a Psychologist Wanted to Determine Whether Gardner's Theory of Multiple

question 40

Multiple Choice

If a psychologist wanted to determine whether Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences is correct, as opposed to Spearman's theory of the "g" factor, what type of information would the psychologist probably collect?

• A) information about the stability of individuals' IQ scores over a period of years
• B) correlations between people's performances on many unrelated types of intelligent abilities
• C) comparisons of the IQs of identical twins reared together and identical twins reared in separate environments
• D) means and standard deviations for IQ scores of people in different parts of the world

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Definitions:

Just Noticeable Difference

The smallest alteration in a stimulus that an organism can barely perceive.

Schemas

Cognitive structures that help us organize and interpret information, based on our accumulated knowledge and experience.

Sensory Input

Information received by the senses that can then be processed by the brain.

Absolute Thresholds

The minimum intensity at which a stimulus can be detected by the senses 50% of the time.