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Individual differences refer to what, for psychologists?Read the answer and worked solution →Situationism says behaviour is shaped mainly by what?Read the answer and worked solution →Binet defined intelligence as judging well, understanding well and what?Read the answer and worked solution →Wechsler saw intelligence mainly as its value for what?Read the answer and worked solution →In Spearman's two-factor theory, abilities common to all tasks form the what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is one of Thurstone's primary mental abilities?Read the answer and worked solution →How many types of intelligence did Gardner describe?Read the answer and worked solution →Poets and writers are strong in which of Gardner's intelligences?Read the answer and worked solution →Dancers and gymnasts are likely strong in which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Counsellors and social workers are likely high in which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Farmers, botanists and bird watchers have more of which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Sternberg's 'street smartness' is which type of intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of Sternberg's types is analytical and helps succeed in school?Read the answer and worked solution →Using past experiences creatively on new problems shows which intelligence?Read the answer and worked solution →Learning digits and multiplication tables uses which kind of processing?Read the answer and worked solution →Completing the missing part of a design needs which processing?Read the answer and worked solution →The IQ correlation for identical twins raised together is about?Read the answer and worked solution →Brothers and sisters raised in separate homes show an IQ correlation of?Read the answer and worked solution →Which idea did the 1908 revision of the Binet scale introduce?Read the answer and worked solution →A child's mental age is above chronological age. The child is what?Read the answer and worked solution →Who devised the concept of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in 1912?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Individual differences refer to what, for psychologists?

  1. Variations among people's traits
  2. Likeness shared by all people
  3. Changes in one trait with age
  4. Gaps between two cultures
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Correct answer: A. Variations among people's traits

1. Individual differences are the distinctiveness and variations among people's characteristics and behaviour patterns. 2. Each person has a unique mix of traits. 3. Likeness, age change and culture gaps are not the definition. _Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/lepy101.pdf), "Individual Differences in Human Functioning"_

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Situationism says behaviour is shaped mainly by what?

  1. Inherited personal traits
  2. The situation one is in
  3. Early childhood memories
  4. Body type and build
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Correct answer: B. The situation one is in

1. Situationism states that the situations and circumstances in which one is placed influence behaviour. 2. An aggressive person may act submissive before a top boss. 3. Traits are stressed by the opposite, trait view. _Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/lepy101.pdf), "Individual Differences in Human Functioning"_

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Binet defined intelligence as judging well, understanding well and what?

  1. Speaking well
  2. Memorising well
  3. Reasoning well
  4. Writing well
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Correct answer: C. Reasoning well

1. Alfred Binet was one of the first psychologists to work on intelligence. 2. He defined it as the ability to judge well, understand well, and reason well. 3. Speaking, memory and writing were not in his definition. _Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/lepy101.pdf), "Intelligence"_

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