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Question 51

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Over the long run, _____ intelligence is prized whenever life circumstances change or new challenges arise.

A) creative
B) crystallized
C) analytic
D) practical

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Question 52

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In the Seattle Longitudinal Study, the cognitive complexity of the occupations of more than 500 workers was measured. The results suggest that older workers maintained their intellectual prowess _____.

A) only for interactions with other people
B) only for interactions with things
C) only for interactions with data
D) in interactions with other people, with things, and with data

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Question 53

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The skill, flexibility, and strategies needed to raise a family are a manifestation of ______.

It is possible to measure g directly.

_____ rises when nations improve childhood nutrition and education.

According to the text, who might be the BEST employee at a workplace?

According to Robert Sternberg, _____ intelligence involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative.

Describe Robert Sternberg's three forms of intelligence. Identify when each might be most valued with respect to development.

New data on the Flynn effect find that generational increases have sped up in developing nations.

When Alice is assigned to host a work party for 100 employees with a modest $200 budget, she needs to be innovative and imaginative. In order for Alice to host a successful work party, she will need to utilize _____ intelligence.

Dr. Fine was interested in assessing the g, or general intelligence, of college students, so he assessed abilities in all the following areas EXCEPT_____.

When students take multiple-choice exams, they are using the form of intelligence that Robert Sternberg calls "_____."

The term g refers to "_____ intelligence."

Experts tend to be intuitive, automatic, _____, and _____ in their thinking.

Betty is a retired registered nurse who fills in at the local hospital when the staff is in need of nurses. She is frequently called in without advance notice and must take over without any time to get oriented. Betty must rely on what Robert Sternberg calls "_____ intelligence" in order to grasp the expectations and needs of the situation.

You have been invited to speak to nurses at a local health department about the effects of stress in middle-aged adults. Describe to the group the three types of coping strategies that adults tend to use. Which gender differences are often observed in adult coping strategies? Which strategy or strategies are best? How about harmful?

Results from K. Warner Schaie's study reveal that more recent generations of women have intelligence test scores that have _____.

Amy, a high school sophomore, tells her school counselor that she believes she is at the peak of her intellectual ability. Her counselor responds that _____.

The ability to strategically use one's intellectual strengths to compensate for the declining abilities associated with age is called "selective _____ with compensation."

Sally learns that she did not get a promotion at work because she does not have enough completed projects. If she chooses to engage in problem-focused coping to deal with this stressor, Sally will _____.