LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT EXAM #4
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Group IQ Tests - Answer-Given to a group of children. Require written answers to a
series of written questions.
Several disadvantages. Questions are more restricted. Often more motivated when they
are asked questions individually.
Outside factors, such as being distracted, may interfere with performance.
Culture-Fair IQ Tests - Answer-Tests designed to be independent of the cultural
background of test-takers.
Raven Progressive Matricies Test - Answer-Test that asks test-takers to examine
abstract designs that have a missing piece and choose the missing piece from several
possibilities.
Reliability - Answer-A quality of tests that measure consistently what they are trying to
measure.
Validity - Answer-A quality of tests that actually measure what they are supposed to
measure.
Learning Disabilities - Answer-Difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening,
speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Answer-Children with this are
inattentive and impulsive, with a low tolerance for frustration and generally a great deal
of inappropriate activity.
Dyslexia - Answer-Reading disability that can result in the misperception of letters
during reading and writing, unusual difficulty in sounding out letters, confusion between
left and right, and difficulties in spelling.
Intelligence - Answer-The capacity to understand the world, think with rationality, and
use resources effectively when faced with challenges.
Alfred Binet - Answer-Theorist.
Devised a technique for the early identification of students who might benefit from
instruction outside the regular classroom.
,Launched a trial-and-error process in which items and tasks were administered to
students who had been previously identified as bright or dull.
Linked intelligence and school success (reliance on teachers). Developed a procedure
of assigning each intelligence test score to a mental age and compared to an average
score/age combination.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) - Answer-A score that takes into account a student's mental
and chronological age.
____ = Mental Age Times 100 Divided by Chronological Age.
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (SB5) - Answer-An American revision of
Binet's original test. The test consists of a series of items that vary according to the age
of the person being tested.
The test is administered orally, and test takers are given progressively more difficult
problems until they are unable to proceed.
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV) - Answer-A test for children that
provides separate measures of verbal and performance (nonverbal skills, as well as a
total score.
Fluid Intelligence - Answer-Reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and
memory; example, a student asked to group a series of letters to some criterion or to
remember a set of numbers.
Crystallized Intelligence - Answer-The cumulative information, skills, and strategies
people have learned and can apply in solving problems; example a student would likely
use this to solve a puzzle or find a solution to a mystery.
Dynamic Assessment - Answer-Intelligence is reflected both in how children perform on
their own and how they perform when helped by adults.
Triarchic Theory of Intelligence - Answer-Robert Sternberg.
Suggests that intelligence is made up of three major components; Componential,
Experiential, and Contextual.
Componential Component - Answer-Involves the mental components used to solve
problems (selecting and using formulas, choosing problem-solving strategies, and in
general making use of what has been learned in the past).
Experiential Component - Answer-The relationship between intelligence, prior
experience, and the ability to cope with new situations. The insightful aspect of
, intelligence, which allows people to relate what they already know to a new situation
and facts never before encountered.
Contextual Component - Answer-Practical Experience. Takes account of the demands
of everyday, real-world environments. Involved in adapting to on-the-job professional
demands.
Practical Intelligence - Answer-Learned primarily by observing others and modeling their
behavior. Have good "social radar." Understand and handle even new situations
effectively, reading people and circumstances insightfully based on their previous
experiences.
Emotional Intelligence - Answer-Set of skills that underlies the accurate assessment,
evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions. Enables people to get along well
with others, to understand what they are feeling and experiencing, and to respond
appropriately to their needs.
Arnold Gesell - Answer-Theorist.
Formulated the earliest measure of infant development, which was designed to
differentiate normally developing babies form those with atypical development.
Based his scale on examinations of hundreds of babies. Compared their performance at
different ages to learn what behaviors were most common.
Developed a developmental quotient, or DQ.
Developmental Quotient - Answer-Developed by Arnold Gesell.
An overall developmental score that relates to performance in four domains; Motor
Skills (Balancing and Sitting), Language Use, Adaptive Behavior (Alertness and
Exploration), and Personal-Social (Feeding and Dressing).
Designed for infants 2 to 30 months, provides a summary of an infant's overall
competence in comparison to others of a similar age.
Bayley's Scales of Infant Development - Answer-Developed by Nancy Bayley.
Evaluated an infant's development from 2 to 30 months. Concentrates on two areas;
Mental and Motor Abilities.
The mental scale focuses on the senses, perception, memory, learning, problem
solving, and language, while the motor scale evaluates fine and gross motor skills.
Visual-Recognition Memory - Answer-The memory of and recognition of a stimulus that
has been previously seen.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Group IQ Tests - Answer-Given to a group of children. Require written answers to a
series of written questions.
Several disadvantages. Questions are more restricted. Often more motivated when they
are asked questions individually.
Outside factors, such as being distracted, may interfere with performance.
Culture-Fair IQ Tests - Answer-Tests designed to be independent of the cultural
background of test-takers.
Raven Progressive Matricies Test - Answer-Test that asks test-takers to examine
abstract designs that have a missing piece and choose the missing piece from several
possibilities.
Reliability - Answer-A quality of tests that measure consistently what they are trying to
measure.
Validity - Answer-A quality of tests that actually measure what they are supposed to
measure.
Learning Disabilities - Answer-Difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening,
speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Answer-Children with this are
inattentive and impulsive, with a low tolerance for frustration and generally a great deal
of inappropriate activity.
Dyslexia - Answer-Reading disability that can result in the misperception of letters
during reading and writing, unusual difficulty in sounding out letters, confusion between
left and right, and difficulties in spelling.
Intelligence - Answer-The capacity to understand the world, think with rationality, and
use resources effectively when faced with challenges.
Alfred Binet - Answer-Theorist.
Devised a technique for the early identification of students who might benefit from
instruction outside the regular classroom.
,Launched a trial-and-error process in which items and tasks were administered to
students who had been previously identified as bright or dull.
Linked intelligence and school success (reliance on teachers). Developed a procedure
of assigning each intelligence test score to a mental age and compared to an average
score/age combination.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) - Answer-A score that takes into account a student's mental
and chronological age.
____ = Mental Age Times 100 Divided by Chronological Age.
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (SB5) - Answer-An American revision of
Binet's original test. The test consists of a series of items that vary according to the age
of the person being tested.
The test is administered orally, and test takers are given progressively more difficult
problems until they are unable to proceed.
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV) - Answer-A test for children that
provides separate measures of verbal and performance (nonverbal skills, as well as a
total score.
Fluid Intelligence - Answer-Reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and
memory; example, a student asked to group a series of letters to some criterion or to
remember a set of numbers.
Crystallized Intelligence - Answer-The cumulative information, skills, and strategies
people have learned and can apply in solving problems; example a student would likely
use this to solve a puzzle or find a solution to a mystery.
Dynamic Assessment - Answer-Intelligence is reflected both in how children perform on
their own and how they perform when helped by adults.
Triarchic Theory of Intelligence - Answer-Robert Sternberg.
Suggests that intelligence is made up of three major components; Componential,
Experiential, and Contextual.
Componential Component - Answer-Involves the mental components used to solve
problems (selecting and using formulas, choosing problem-solving strategies, and in
general making use of what has been learned in the past).
Experiential Component - Answer-The relationship between intelligence, prior
experience, and the ability to cope with new situations. The insightful aspect of
, intelligence, which allows people to relate what they already know to a new situation
and facts never before encountered.
Contextual Component - Answer-Practical Experience. Takes account of the demands
of everyday, real-world environments. Involved in adapting to on-the-job professional
demands.
Practical Intelligence - Answer-Learned primarily by observing others and modeling their
behavior. Have good "social radar." Understand and handle even new situations
effectively, reading people and circumstances insightfully based on their previous
experiences.
Emotional Intelligence - Answer-Set of skills that underlies the accurate assessment,
evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions. Enables people to get along well
with others, to understand what they are feeling and experiencing, and to respond
appropriately to their needs.
Arnold Gesell - Answer-Theorist.
Formulated the earliest measure of infant development, which was designed to
differentiate normally developing babies form those with atypical development.
Based his scale on examinations of hundreds of babies. Compared their performance at
different ages to learn what behaviors were most common.
Developed a developmental quotient, or DQ.
Developmental Quotient - Answer-Developed by Arnold Gesell.
An overall developmental score that relates to performance in four domains; Motor
Skills (Balancing and Sitting), Language Use, Adaptive Behavior (Alertness and
Exploration), and Personal-Social (Feeding and Dressing).
Designed for infants 2 to 30 months, provides a summary of an infant's overall
competence in comparison to others of a similar age.
Bayley's Scales of Infant Development - Answer-Developed by Nancy Bayley.
Evaluated an infant's development from 2 to 30 months. Concentrates on two areas;
Mental and Motor Abilities.
The mental scale focuses on the senses, perception, memory, learning, problem
solving, and language, while the motor scale evaluates fine and gross motor skills.
Visual-Recognition Memory - Answer-The memory of and recognition of a stimulus that
has been previously seen.
