"As we learn new tasks and then how to perform them automatically, we become more intelligent." This statement is the foundation of which of Sternberg's three subtheories?

A) componential
B) analytical
C) experiential
D) contextual


C) experiential The experiential subtheory addresses the role of novelty and experience in intelligence. According to this subtheory, we become more intelligent as we master new tasks and learn how to perform them more automatically.

Psychology

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Reliability is to ____ as validity is to ____

a. consistency; measuring what something claims to measure b. measuring what something claims to measure; consistency c. temporal consistency; internal consistency d. internal consistency; temporal consistency

Psychology

Many television viewers are impressed by "psychic mediums" who pretend to communicate with the deceased friends and relatives of audience members. Typically, the viewers will remember the apparent "hits," or correct statements made by the "mediums," while ignoring the "misses," or incorrect statements. This tendency is referred to as

a. the Barnum effect. b. the confirmation bias. c. the astrologer's dilemma. d. uncritical acceptance.

Psychology

Paul assumes that his adolescent son shares his values of hard work and financial frugality. Yet his son drifts from job to job, spending all the money he earns. In his assumptions, Paul is demonstrating

the dual-process model of thinking. egocentrism. the sunk cost fallacy. analytic thought.

Psychology

____________ suggests that what is good for one's survival and personal happiness is moral.

A. Altruism B. Narcissism C. Egoism D. Philanthropy

Psychology