Chapter-1:VARIATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES
Review Questions
1. How do psychologists characterise and define intelligence?
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2. To what extent is our intelligence the result of heredity (nature) and environment
(nurture)? Discuss.
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3. Explain briefly the multiple intelligences identified by Gardner.
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4. How does the triarchic theory help us to understand intelligence?
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5. “Any intellectual activity involves the independent functioning of three neurological
systems”. Explain with reference to PASS model.
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6. Are there cultural differences in the conceptualisation of intelligence?
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7. What is IQ? How do psychologists classify people on the basis of their IQ scores?
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8. How can you differentiate between verbal and performance tests of intelligence?
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9. All persons do not have the same intellectual capacity. How do individuals vary in
their intellectual ability? Explain.
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10. Which of the two, IQ or EQ, do you think would be more related to success in life
and why?
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11. How is ‘aptitude’ different from ‘interest’ and ‘intelligence’? How is aptitude measured?
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12. How is creativity related to intelligence?
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