Semester 1: Assignment 02 (UN: 531676)
Note: You must submit assignment 01 before you can submit this assignment.
Please choose the most correct option in each question.
Question 1
Mathlodi loves composing and performing music. This is an example of . . . intelligence.
1. spatial
2. linguistic
3. musical
4. experiential
Question 2
The triarchic theory of intelligence consists of three aspects of intelligence. These are . . .
1. Biological processes, planning processes and attention processes
2. Information processes, planning processes and attentional processes
3. Componential intelligence, experiential intelligence and contextual intelligence
4. Componential intelligence, naturalistic intelligence and experiential intelligence
Question 3
Mmabatho is 8 years old and has just completed an intelligence test at school. She correctly
answered all the questions that 8-year-old children can answer and has also correctly
answered half of the questions that 9-year-old children can answer. On the basis of the
above-mentioned scenario, what is Mmabatho’s mental age?
1. 7 years
2. 7 years, 8 months
3. 8 years, 6 months
4. 9 years, 6 months
Question 4
Mmabatho’s mother asks why her daughter is having difficulties at school while her step-
sister, who lives in the same house, does not. Based on this scenario, you explain to
Mmabatho’s mother that children who have . . . are less likely to obtain similar scores on an
intelligence test.
1. the same genetic composition and are raised in similar environments
2. different genetic compositions and are raised in the same environment
3. the same genetic composition and are raised in different environments
4. different genetic compositions and are raised in different environments
Question 5
Which of the following statements is a possible explanation for the finding that highly
creative people often do not perform well on traditional tests of intelligence?
1. Creativity and intelligence are unrelated abilities
2. Creative people are convergent thinkers
3. Performance on intelligence tests relies on convergent thinking
4. Creative people do not have above average intelligence
Note: You must submit assignment 01 before you can submit this assignment.
Please choose the most correct option in each question.
Question 1
Mathlodi loves composing and performing music. This is an example of . . . intelligence.
1. spatial
2. linguistic
3. musical
4. experiential
Question 2
The triarchic theory of intelligence consists of three aspects of intelligence. These are . . .
1. Biological processes, planning processes and attention processes
2. Information processes, planning processes and attentional processes
3. Componential intelligence, experiential intelligence and contextual intelligence
4. Componential intelligence, naturalistic intelligence and experiential intelligence
Question 3
Mmabatho is 8 years old and has just completed an intelligence test at school. She correctly
answered all the questions that 8-year-old children can answer and has also correctly
answered half of the questions that 9-year-old children can answer. On the basis of the
above-mentioned scenario, what is Mmabatho’s mental age?
1. 7 years
2. 7 years, 8 months
3. 8 years, 6 months
4. 9 years, 6 months
Question 4
Mmabatho’s mother asks why her daughter is having difficulties at school while her step-
sister, who lives in the same house, does not. Based on this scenario, you explain to
Mmabatho’s mother that children who have . . . are less likely to obtain similar scores on an
intelligence test.
1. the same genetic composition and are raised in similar environments
2. different genetic compositions and are raised in the same environment
3. the same genetic composition and are raised in different environments
4. different genetic compositions and are raised in different environments
Question 5
Which of the following statements is a possible explanation for the finding that highly
creative people often do not perform well on traditional tests of intelligence?
1. Creativity and intelligence are unrelated abilities
2. Creative people are convergent thinkers
3. Performance on intelligence tests relies on convergent thinking
4. Creative people do not have above average intelligence
