Eighteen-year-old Alita is writing a paper for her history class
The project requires her to use at least three references and integrate all of the information she gathers into a comprehensive time line of a particular decade in the twentieth century. According to Sternberg's triarchic theory, which aspect of intelligence is Alita using?
A) contextual
B) experiential
C) componential
D) specific
C) componential The componential subtheory describes how mental processes work together to give us intellectual thought. In this subtheory a "component" is a mental process (such as planning, reading, or remembering) that gathers or works with information. Because these mental components enable us to analyze information, they are sometimes called analytical intelligence.
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Gate control theory of pain:
A. A theory that suggests that certain nerve receptors open like a "gate" in specific areas of the brain when stimulated. B. The highway down which the visual image travels to get to the brain. C. something in the environment (such as light or heat) that causes a living thing to react. D. The study of relationships between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them.
The intelligence concept of "g" was based on the observation that
a. IQ scores predict career success. b. skill levels are consistent across tasks. c. children who take math do better at math. d. there are few racial differences in IQ scores.