Psychologists believe that intelligence is culture-specific - that "intelligent" behavior in one culture is not necessarily intelligent behavior in a different culture. Three of the following are aspects of intelligence regardless of the culture in which it is found. Which one is probably related to intelligence in some cultures but not in others?
A.) Applying prior knowledge to new situations
B.) Doing well in academic classroom activities
C.) Learning how to perform a new task quickly
D.) Adapting readily to new situations
B.) Doing well in academic classroom activities
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a. True b. False
Which one of the following statements best describes a theory theory view of cognitive development?
a. Children form general belief systems about how the world operates. b. The ways in which children organize and integrate their experiences usually have little relevance to physical reality. c. In the early years, children develop concrete understandings of events; these understandings become increasingly abstract as they reach adolescence. d. Beginning at around age 3, children form hypotheses about the nature of the world and test those hypotheses in much the same way that a scientist would.
Effective fluency instruction requires that teachers use all of the following EXCEPT
a. read aloud to the student b. engage students in repeated readings c. encourage independent, silent reading d. use test at the appropriate level
Children with specific learning disorder are usually well below average in intelligence, in addition to their problems with specific academic domains.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)