Exam 8: C: Thought and Language

The television character MacGyver was famous for using everyday objects to get out of trouble.In one episode,for example,MacGyver used the aluminum foil wrapper from a stick of gum to replace a blown electrical fuse.The MacGyver character clearly did NOT suffer from what cognitive obstacle to problem solving?

Why do young children appear to acquire language more easily than adults?

A loose screw on the glove compartment causes it to drop down while Ben drives,but he keeps forgetting to take a screwdriver out to the car to fix it.When the compartment falls open again,he reaches into his pocket for a dime to use to tighten the screw.What problem-solving difficulty did Ben overcome?

Which of the following is a heuristic-based approach to determining how many brownies to make for a party?

Asha was involved in a skiing accident that damaged her left frontal lobe.What symptoms is she likely experiencing?

A group of interrelated concepts is a called a ____________.

One way to investigate the way language is processed in the brain is to study patients with ________________,language disorders caused by damage to the brain structures that support using and understanding language.

The sounds /t/,/th/,and /sh/ are examples of ___________.

Lex is in the second grade.As part of a homework assignment,he is asked to write a sentence to describe a picture of a dog playing fetch.Lex writes the sentence,"Ball the dog has." Lex is clearly having trouble with ___________.

When reading information that challenges one's beliefs,one tends to minimize the strengths of such claims.__________ accounts for this barrier to reasoning rationally.

On his way to work,Charlie sees a sign for an upcoming concert for the band Cake.Without even realizing it,the word cake has made Charlie think of baked sweets,which makes him think of getting a donut.This is an example of ______________.

A formula is an example of a(n)______________.

The use of specific rules to categorize objects is an example of:

Which of the following is NOT true of basic level categories?

Which of the following is an example of a morpheme?

You are learning Russian in preparation for a trip next summer.You have gotten to the point where you can sound out the words written in the Cyrillic alphabet,but you do not understand what any of the words mean.It appears as though you have mastered the _______ but still need to work on the _________?

Which of the following is true regarding cognitive obstacles?

When people attempt to solve a problem involving numbers,they may find themselves using another number called a(n)____________ to keep their response within a limited range.

Because semantic networks are arranged ________________,they show which categories are more specific than others.

Which of the following interpretations is consistent with results of many studies to teach human language to animals?