According to Sternberg's theory, when a child is asked to solve a problem that he or she has never seen before, he or she utilizes the ___ of intelligence to construct a strategy for solving the problem
a. knowledge acquisition component
b. metacomponent
c. performance component
d. schematic component
B
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Benoit is interested in studying the effects of various biological forces on human development. Which topic is probably of least interest to him?
a. Cognition b. Brain maturation c. Menopause d. Exercise
Maurice was having trouble with his algebra homework. No matter what he did, he seemed to keep coming up with the same wrong answers to the questions that had been assigned. Finally, he gave up and went to bed. The next day, he was able to accurately solve the questions without any difficulties. In this situation, it appears that Maurice benefited from:
a. problem reframing b. an incubation effect c. searching for analogies d. means-ends analysis
A group of researchers are studying depression in a sample of patients. Each researcher independently assesses the level of depression in each patient, but their assessments do not match. The problem with the research is that:
A) depression cannot be studied scientifically. B) the researchers do not have an objective measure of depression. C) there are too many researchers. D) the patients are not really depressed.
Your neighbor's infant daughter has epilepsy. They are considering surgery to help with the seizures, but they are worried that permanent brain damage will result. What should you tell them?
a. At that age, the brain is "plastic," so that a different part of the brain can likely take over the functioning of the damaged area. b. They should carefully consider this option in that any damage will be permanent. c. It will be difficult to tell if there will be brain damage because infants do not really do much. d. They should proceed with caution in that, if there is any brain damage on the left hemisphere, their daughter might never learn to speak.