Outliers final test questions and answers graded A

Outliers final test questions and answers graded A Of what were the people of Roseto dying? old age In what state did the Rosetans settle? Pennsylvania Why was Roseto considered an outlier? It was "a place that lay outside everyday experience, where the normal rules did not apply." How did the investigators explain Roseto's state of healthiness? The Rosetans were healthier because of their sense of community. What does Gladwell say is his main purpose for his book? He wants to redefine the understanding of success in the same way that Stewart Wolf redefined the understanding of health What discovery is made about the majority of the most successful hockey players? Their birthdays are in the first part of the year. What does Gladwell suggest to combat arbitrary cut-off dates for elementary and middle schools? group students into January-April birthdays, May-August birthdays, and September-December birthdays According to Gladwell, why don't we change this arbitrary eligibility cut-off system for schools, sports, and other areas? We believe that success is based only on individual merit and talent. All of the following are Gladwell's arguments in chapter one EXCEPT People rise from nothing. Gladwell states at first that "Canadian hockey is a meritocracy," but then goes on to discuss other criteria for success in hockey, arguing that it is not a true meritocracy. "Meritocracy" means people selected on the basis of their ability All of the following are rhetorical strategies Gladwell uses to convey his arguments in the introduction and chapter one EXCEPT sarcasm t's not enough to ask what successful people are like . . . It is only by asking _________________________________ that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't." where they are from According to Gladwell, which of the following seems to play the biggest influence in the careers of the gifted? preparation Researchers believe that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to obtain True expertise Which of the following does Gladwell NOT use as an example to illustrate the 10,000 hours theory? Einstein Which of the following was NOT one of the opportunities that came Bill Joy's way? Joy scored a perfect score on the math section of the SAT. What was so significant about The Beatles playing in Hamburg that led to their future success? The band was forced to play long amounts of time. "[W]hat truly distinguishes" the histories of Bill Gates, Bill Joy, and The Beatles "is not their extraordinary talent but their extraordinary ______________________." none of the above According to Gladwell, how was being born in the 1830s-1840 an extraordinary opportunity for people like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan, who became some of America's wealthiest? They were able to capitalize on their own vision and talent during what might be considered the greatest economic transformation in American history in the 1860s and 1870s. What common theory is debunked in Chapter Three, "The Trouble with Geniuses, Part I"? "[T]hose at the very top of the IQ scale have the greatest potential." What analogy does Gladwell use to illustrate the concept that there is a threshold for intelligence, that there is a point where people are "smart enough"? height of basketball players What was Terman's misconception in his original theory concerning IQ? that intelligence and achievement are correlated Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: "The university's enormous mainframe computers stood in the middle of a vast white room, looking, as one faculty member remembers, 'like one of the last scenes in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.'" allusion "[Bill Joy] is sometimes called the ___________________ of the Internet." Edison Who was Robert Oppenheimer? scientific director of the development of the nuclear bomb For what act did Oppenheimer receive probation? poisoning his tutor Even though they were both geniuses, why was Oppenheimer more successful than Chris Langan? Oppenheimer "possessed the kind of savvy that allowed him to get what he wanted from the world." All of the following help define "practical intelligence" EXCEPT being "born smart" According to Gladwell, the attitudes and skills that develop "practical intelligence" tend to come from ___________. our families Sociologist Annette Lareau claims that "middle-class children learn a sense of __________________," while working-class and poor children learn more of a sense of __________________. entitlement; constraint The Terman study conveys the argument "that what your parents do for a living, and the assumptions that accompany the class your parents belong to, ___________. matter Which of the following does Gladwell NOT present as a criterion for "satisfying work"? amount of salary All of the following could be considered Gladwell's arguments EXCEPT Time in history is not an important factor for the possibility of opportunities. According to Gladwell, "Success is not ______. a random act Gladwell describes the idea that "general intelligence and practical intelligence are 'orthogonal.'" Define "orthogonal." the presence of one does not imply the presence of the other Why were "Termites" born in "demographically unlucky" compared to "Termites" born in ? A and B ( wwII and the great depression impacted them negatively) Which of the following descriptions is true about a culture of honor? A and C ("a world where a man's reputation is at the center of his livelihood and self-worth" and " a culture rooted in "highlands and other marginally fertile areas, such as Sicily or the mountainous Basque regions of Spain" Why were the feuds in Appalachia happening? "because of where the original inhabitants of the region came from" The 1990s study at the University of Michigan revealed that "[t]he deciding factor" in how the male participants reacted to an insult was where they were from. According to Gladwell, what question is he trying to answer in part two of Outliers? How do our cultural legacies affect our success? What was Gladwell's purpose for illustrating the story of Korea Air's transformation "from the worst kind of outlier into one of the world's best airlines"? to illustrate the importance of acknowledging cultural legacy Which of the following is NOT true of typical plane crashes? There is usually a serious malfunction in the plane's engine. What is "mitigated speech"? speaking in a way that downplays the meaning People might mitigate their speech in which of the following situations? all of the above ( feeling embarrassed, deferring authority, being polite) Why is mitigated speech sometimes a problem? A and B ( It can be hard to decipher and it can be easier to refuse) Being a pilot and coming from a high-power distance culture is a serious problem When Gladwell states that planes are the safest when the captain is not the one flying is an example of _________________. irony *Which of the following is true? none of the above (In a Western culture it is the responsibility of the listener to make sense of conversation. In many Asian cultures it is up to the speaker to make the message clear. In Asian cultures the speaker and listener have equal responsibilities.) For many generations in South China ____________________ made the world go round." rice The number system in English is highly irregular According to Gladwell, what built-in advantage do Asians have for math? their linguistic advantage Which of the following is true? Asian agriculture is "skill-oriented." According to Gladwell, being good at math is more about __________________ than _______________________. attitude; ability According to sociologist Karl Alexander's research, which of the following is true about why disadvantaged children score near the low end of the achievement gap? none of the above (The schools are failing the poor children. They weren't born with the natural ability to learn like most of the more privileged children. During the summer vacation, disadvantaged children's parents keep their kids busy with more enrichment and activities than more privileged children.) America doesn't have a school problem. It has a ________________________ problem." summer vacation According to Gladwell, what can make math more meaningful? extended time All of the following were Joyce Gladwell's advantages for the successful course of her life EXCEPT 10,000 hours of practice. One of Gladwell's main arguments in the book is that "[t]o build a better world we need . . . a society that ________________________." provides opportunities for all The sentence "It seems counterintuitive but we do things at a slower pace and as a result we get through a lot more" is an example of _____________. paradox According to Gladwell, "The outlier, in the end, _______________. is not an outlier at all