Robert is in 5th grade. He scores at the average on a test of intelligence, is doing math problems at the 7th grade level, but is reading at the 1st grade level, despite his efforts to learn. Robert would most likely qualify for a diagnosis of:
a. intellectual disability
b. mental retardation
c. reading unreadiness
d. learning disability
d
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Charlotte is attending a school that not only focuses on the three Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic), but also instructs students with regard to music, language, spatial ability, bodily movement, self-knowledge, the understanding of others, and the understanding of nature. It sounds as if this school is based on whose theory of intelligence?
a. Gardner b. Guilford c. Sternberg d. Cattell
Brain lesioning studies in rats have provided insights regarding
a. abuses of animals in laboratories. c. regulation of eating and eating disorders. b. attachment in monkeys. d. social evolution.
Eight-year-old Anna is working on her math families. This is the process of building the relationships among a small group of numbers, such as 4 + 2 = 6; 6 – 2 = 4, etc. This exercise is an example of the concept of
a. conservation. c. decentration. b. reversibility. d. animism.
Darnell and Denise have been happily dating for months; however, they do not feel compelled to make a long-term commitment yet. Psychologist Robert Sternberg would call their relationship
a) consummate love. b) companionate love. c) romantic love. d) liking.