Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
Social Studies
11th -
12thgrade
Language & Intelligence "Textbook Scavenger Hunt" Reading Quiz
39 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple ChoicePhonemes are best defined as:The smallest meaningful combination of sounds in a languageThe basic sounds of consonants and vowelsSomething that specifies the meaning of words and phrasesA special form of communication
- 2. Multiple ChoiceA word or part of a word that is in itself meaningful, but that cannot be broken into smaller meaningful units, is calledGraphemeMorphemePhonemeHolophrase
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe rules of grammar are rules ofPhonemesMorphemesSyntaxSemantics
- 4. Multiple ChoiceGrammarthe system of rules for acceptable languagethe smallest units of sound that carry meaningthe system of rules for putting words in orderthe system of using words to create meaning
- 5. Multiple ChoiceSemanticsthe system of rules for putting words in orderthe smallest units of sound that carry meaningthe smallest units of sound that make up languagethe system of using words to create meaning
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen a child first says dada, dada, dada or mama, mama, mama. Rather than associating meaning with that combination of consonants and vowels, the baby isCooingDoodlingBooingBabbling
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following best identifies the early speech stage and age in which a child speaks using content words?two-word (telegraphic) stage, 12 monthsone word stage, 24 monthstwo-word (telegraphic) stage, 24 monthsone-word stage, 12 months
- 8. Multiple ChoiceCommunicating ideas through symbolslanguagesyntaxinsightmorphemes
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWay in which words are arranged to make phrases and sentencessemanticssyntaxsymbolsheuristics
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe Critical Period Hypothesis statesthat language acquisition is linked to agethat language lasts foreverthat language acquisition is instant
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the proper sequence for language development?
Cooing, babbling, crying, one word phrases, two word phrases
Crying, cooing, babbling, one word phrases, two word phrases
Crying, babbling, cooing, one word phrases, two word phrases
Crying, cooing, one word phrases, babbling, two word phrases
Cooing, crying, babbling, one word phrases, two word phrases
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who came up with the theory of a language acquisition device?
Hermann Ebbinghause
Noam Chomsky
Benjamin Whorf
Elizabeth Loftus
George Miller
- 13. Multiple Choice
Whorf's hypothesis emphasizes...
Infancy is a critical period for language development
All languages share a similar grammar
Out linguistic proficiency influences our social status
Words shape the way people thinking
Morphemes and phonemes build grammar and language
- 14. Multiple Choice
A person who demonstrates an exceptional specific mental skill while otherwise remaining very limited in intellectual capacity is said to show signs of...
Emotional intelligence
Savant syndrome
Neural plasticity
Intrinsic motivation
Intelligence quotient
- 15. Multiple Choice
Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called...
Factor analysis tests
Aptitude tests
Achievement tests
Ability tests
Standardized tests
- 16. Multiple Choice
If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high degree of
Standardization
Predictive validity
Reliability
Content validity
Heritability
- 17. Multiple Choice
Spearman's g factor refers to
The internal consistency of an intelligence test
The genetic contribution to intelligence
A general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks
A highly developed skill or talent possessed by an otherwise intellectually disabled person
The ability to understand and regulate emotion
- 18. Multiple Choice
A young child says, “Where did you goed?” Which of the following psychologists would most likely argue that the child is overregularizing a logical grammatical rule?
Noam Chomsky
Ivan Pavlov
Lev Vygotsky
Edward Thorndike
Albert Bandura
- 19. Multiple Choice
A mental image of a spatial layout is called
Algorithm
Mental Set
Heuristic
Cognitive Map
Insight
- 20. Multiple Choice
A researcher interested in finding a simple way to estimate intelligence decides to evaluate skull circumference as a possible indicator of intelligence. He finds that the size of an adult’s skull remains the same from one measurement to the next, but he finds that skull circumference is not a very good predictor of intelligence. In this example, skull circumference as a measure of intelligence is
reliable and valid
reliable but not valid
valid but not reliable
neither reliable nor valid
highly correlated with intelligence test scores
- 21. Multiple ChoiceUsing different words for two very similar objects enables people to recognize conceptual distinctions between the objects. This illustrates:telegraphic speech.linguistic determinism.functional fixedness.the representativeness heuristic.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich language theorist would have been most likely to emphasize that children master the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs like "push" before they learn common past tense constructions of irregular verbs like "go"?B. F. SkinnerBenjamin Lee WhorfNoam ChomskyHermann Ebbinghaus
- 23. Multiple Choice22 year old Dan has an intelligence score of 63 and the academic skills of a 4th grader. He is unable to live independently. Dan probablyhas an exceptional need/intellectual disabilityhas savant syndromewill eventually achieve self supporting social and vocational skillsis a divergent thinker
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAmelia recently took a test that assessed her ability to perform at the University level. The test she took was theGraduation ExamWISCSATNone of these tests because they are all achievement tests
- 25. Multiple ChoiceBefore becoming attorneys, law students must pass a special licensing exam, which is an _______ test. before entering college, high school students must take the ACT, which is an ________test.achievement; aptitudeaptitude; achievementachievement; achievementaptitude; aptitude
- 26. Multiple ChoiceA psychologist uses statistics to show a cluster of intelligence topics such as (spatial ability & verbal intel) that are related to one another. This psychologist is probably usingthe WAISthe IQ formulafactor analysisthe standardization formula
- 27. Multiple ChoiceJo is taking a test in her sociology class and nothing on the test exemplifies the topics that were studied in the course. This test lacksreliabilitycontent validitypredictive validitystandardization
- 28. Multiple ChoiceLane is researching old tests and finds a revision of Binet's original test. It was most likelyThe Chitling testDaniel Goleman's intelligence testThe Wechsler Adult Intelligence ScaleThe Stanford-Binet created by Lewis Terman
- 29. Multiple ChoiceThe extent to which differences in intelligence among a group of people are attributable to genetic factors is known as the _____ of intelligenceneural plasticityfactor analysispredictive valididtyheritability
- 30. Multiple ChoiceMary's bathroom scale always overstates people's actual weight by exactly 6 pounds. The scale has _____ reliability and _____ validity.low; highhigh; lowlow; lowhigh; high
- 31. Multiple ChoiceStereotype threat is most likely to depress female students' performance on a difficult ____ test and to depress male students' performance on a difficult ___test.math problem-solving; verbal fluencyverbal fluency; math problem-solvingspatial abilities; athletic abilitiesathletic abilities; spatial abilities
- 32. Multiple ChoiceDuring a debate Linus argues that there is one general intelligence. He uses ________ research to support his argument.L.L. ThurstoneRobert SternbergHoward GardnerCharles Spearman
- 33. Multiple ChoiceYour friend Ashley is able to control her feelings in meetings even when she disagrees with her peers. Ashley has highsocial intelligencecreative intelligenceemotional intelligencelinguistic intelligence
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most commonly used intelligence test today that is made up of both verbal & nonverbal components?Stanford BinetWechsler (WAIS)Sternberg Triarchtic Intelligence TestGolemans social/emotional intelligence test
- 35. Multiple ChoiceA criticism of early intelligence tests is that they emphasized a specific cultural/social view. This would impactpredictive validitythe factor analysisstandardization sampleheritability
- 36. Multiple Choice
the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance
intelligence
aptitude
mental age
- 37. Multiple Choice
Which of Gardner's 8 intelligence types demonstrates a strong understanding of the Earth, plants/animals, cooking, etc.?
Linguistic Intelligence
Naturalistic Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Spatial Intelligence
- 38. Multiple Choice
Type of intelligence required for everyday tasks.
General Intelligence
Practical Intelligence
Creative Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence
- 39. Multiple Choice
the extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to
validity
reliability
standardization
criterion
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags