Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 129 tions that led him to formulate the heliocentric theory of the solar system. About 150 years ...

130 PSYCHOLOGY (a) What kind of reasoning is characterized by a conclusion that follows from a premise? (b) According to Freud, ...

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 131 what he’s talking about, in some cases an authority may be a pseudo-authority or give bad ad ...

132 PSYCHOLOGY tally retarded because his answers to questions were so odd, deviant, and unex- pected. He is well known for impr ...

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 133 (1) productivity,(2) originality,and (3) flexibility.Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), author ofWar a ...

134 PSYCHOLOGY Step-by-step instructions for operating a microwave oven provide an exam- ple of a. a heuristic approach b. a me ...

Thinking: Exploring Mental Life 135 ANSWERS TO THE SELF-TEST 1-d 2-d 3-a 4-c 5-b 6-c 7-c 8-a 9-d 10-b ANSWERS TO THE TRUE-OR-FAL ...

136 PREVIEW QUIZ True or False TFThe concept of intelligence is associated with the ability to think clearly and to function ef ...

Intelligence: In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 137 Objectives After completing this chapter, you will be able ...

138 PSYCHOLOGY If we examine the definition clearly, several important points emerge. First, intelligence is, to some extent, gl ...

Intelligence: In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 139 (c) Spearman concluded that there is a factor running thro ...

140 PSYCHOLOGY there is room for error whenever one makes an inference. (See the section on validity and reliability on pages 14 ...

Intelligence: In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 141 The Binet-Simon Scale established a measure calledmental a ...

142 PSYCHOLOGY of research on intelligence. His work culminated in a set of highly regarded intel- ligence tests called collecti ...

Intelligence: In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 143 Digit Symbol:mental flexibility and ability to employ arbi ...

144 PSYCHOLOGY MA stands for mental age. CA stands for chronological age CA is divided into MA and multiplied by 100. Stern sugg ...

Intelligence: In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 145 (a) Research has demonstrated that the IQ score is a varia ...

146 PSYCHOLOGY not mean they actually are. This kind of validity is called face validity,meaning that the questions have a surfa ...

Intelligence: In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 147 paring paired scores for each child in the group, a high s ...

148 PSYCHOLOGY (a) The word refers to heredity. (b) The primary characteristic of heredity is the to reach a given level of inte ...