Multiple choice questions:

1. A disorder that causes mental retardation that becomes progressively worse as children get older and is also strongly associated with autism is known as ________________.

a. Down syndrome.

b. Kline Felter's syndrome.

c. Fragile-X syndrome.

d. Turner's syndrome.

e. Huntington's disease.

2. "Intelligence tests were intended to measure ________, while achievement tests were designed to measure ________."

a. Competence; performance

b. Knowledge; aptitude

c. Performance; competence

d. Aptitude; competence

e. Competence; knowledge

3. "In comparison to adult auditory processes, newborns"

a. Hear nearly as well in the range of pitch and loudness of the human voice.

b. Have poorer hearing at some pitches but the same hearing at all loudness levels.

c. Have more acuity with high-pitched sounds.

d. Have better auditory acuity at all pitches and loudness levels.

e. Have less acuity at all pitches and loudness levels.

4. "Howard Gardner proposes eight separate types of intelligence, including all of the following EXCEPT"

a. Linguistic.

b. Musical.

c. Componential.

d. Spatial.

e. Interpersonal.