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Most schools consider children who ______ to be gifted:

A. Have IQ scores above 115

B. Score in the upper 2% 3% of the IQ distribution

C. Have parents in professional careers

D. Demonstrate high levels of leadership and creativity

Correct answer is: B. Score in the upper 2% 3% of the IQ distribution

Which of the following is now a way in which men’s and women’s career development differ?

A. For women, there is not a clear path leading to success

B. Women are more likely to experience career interruptions

C. Many women subordinate their career goals to their husbands

D. Because they typically occupy subordinate positions, women are more likely than men to have mentors

Correct answer is: D. Because they typically occupy subordinate positions, women are more likely than men to have mentors

The key for successful counseling is:

A. Establishing an effective relationship of counselor with counselee

B. Establishing an effective relationship of counselor with parent of counselee

C. Establishing an effective relationship of counselor with friend of counselee

D. Establishing an effective relationship of counselor with class fellows of counselee

Correct answer is: A. Establishing an effective relationship of counselor with counselee

In which of the following cases would you expect to find the greatest similarity in IQ?

A. Between fraternal twins

B. Between non twin siblings

C. Between identical twins

D. Between parent and child

Correct answer is: B. Between non twin siblings

Males have been found to differ slightly from females in three well documented areas of mental abilities. Which of the following is not one of these?

A. Verbal ability

B. Intelligence

C. Mathematical ability

D. Visual spatial abilities

Correct answer is: C. Mathematical ability

The primary purpose of guidance is:

A. To forestall the occurrence of all conflicts

B. To help the child resolve some of his conflicts

C. To resolve the conflicts the child may have

D. To adjust the severity of the conflicts the child has to face to a level from which he can profit

Correct answer is: D. To adjust the severity of the conflicts the child has to face to a level from which he can profit

Evidence indicating that upbringing affects one’s mental ability is provided by which of the following findings?

A. That identical twins are more similar in IQ than fraternal twins

B. That there is more than a chance similarity between adopted children and their biological parents

C. That siblings reared together are more similar in IQ than siblings reared apart

D. That identical twins reared apart are more similar in IQ than siblings reared together

Correct answer is: C. That siblings reared together are more similar in IQ than siblings reared apart

Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to:

A. A poor parent to reinforce healthy behavior

B. A poor self concept resulting from excessive parental demands

C. Unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experience

D. The exposure of children to unhealthy role models

Correct answer is: C. Unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experience

When you try to narrow down a list of alternatives to arrive at a single correct answer, you engaged in:

A. Convergent thinking

B. Creativity

C. Divergent thinking

D. Insight

Correct answer is: A. Convergent thinking

According to Alfred Adler, the prime motivating force in a person’s life is:

A. Physical gratification

B. Existential anxiety

C. Striving for superiority

D. The need for power

Correct answer is: C. Striving for superiority