Dan Hurley, Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

Dan Hurley

READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Take the quiz below to check your comprehension of the reading selection:

Question 5.30

What does the N-back game improve?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

Question 5.31

The N-back game requires players to

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 5.32

Crystallized intelligence is likely to

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

Question 5.33

The N-back game

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

Question 5.34

Will improvements in fluid intelligence last?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

READING SUMMARY

Question 5.35

Summarize “Can You Make Yourself Smarter?” Be sure to put the summary in your own words and to avoid using the sentence structure of the reading selection. Remember that your summary should restate the selection’s main idea and that it should include only the most important supporting ideas.

Below is an example summary of this reading selection: The article indicates that fluid intelligence, the core ingredient in what we call IQ, may be enhanced through practicing the N-back game, a game that requires players to remember where a symbol was presented or what sound was presented one or more times before. However, continual practice is required for long-term effects to remain, and motivation to continue playing may be difficult to maintain. Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.

VOCABULARY QUIZ

Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading:

Question 5.36

Hunkered (par. 1)

Hunkered means ensconced or entrenched.

Question 5.37

Diligence (par. 5)

Diligence means conscientiousness or attentiveness.

Question 5.38

Immune (par. 11)

Immune means resistant or impervious.