Which of the following statements regarding intelligence are not true? (a)…
2024
Which of the following statements regarding intelligence are not true?
(a) Intellectual development is influenced by genetics, not environment.
(b) Gender differences do not cause intellectual differences.
(c) Sharp intelligence is a sign of sharp memory.
(d) Intelligence gives the ability to adjust in new situations.
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Answer: B. (a) and (c) — Intelligence is not a single fixed trait explained by heredity alone or reducible to memory. Standard educational-psychology definitions describe it as a…
- A.
(a) and (b)
- B.
(a) and (c)
- C.
(b) and (d)
- D.
(c) and (d)
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Correct answer: B
Intelligence is not a single fixed trait explained by heredity alone or reducible to memory. Standard educational-psychology definitions describe it as a multidimensional capacity, shaped by the interaction of genetics and environment together, to reason, learn, solve problems, and adapt to new situations. On this view, gender by itself does not produce a general intelligence gap, and memory is only one narrow component of the broader construct.
(a) claims intellectual development comes from genetics alone, with no role for environment. This contradicts the gene-environment interaction view, so (a) misstates the accepted position.
(b) claims gender does not cause intellectual differences. This matches the standard finding of no significant sex-based gap in general intelligence, so (b) is accurate.
(c) equates sharp intelligence with sharp memory. This conflates one narrow skill, recall, with the broader reasoning-and-adaptation construct, so (c) misstates the accepted position.
(d) says intelligence lets a person adjust to new situations. This matches the standard adaptive-capacity definition of intelligence, so (d) is accurate.
Cross-check: since (b) and (d) both hold as accurate statements about intelligence, any option that lists either of them as not true cannot be right. That rules out the other three combinations and leaves the pairing of the two statements that actually misstate the concept: (a) and (c). This matches the HTET 2024 Computer Science official answer key.