Exam 8: C: Thought and Language

Following a stroke,Rahul's grandfather lost the ability to understand when people would ask him questions.In addition,when his grandfather spoke,the individual words made sense,but the sentences did not.The stroke appears to have damaged which area of the brain?

What is FOXP2?

Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men.One student is described as ambitious,athletic,and assertive.Why might people think this description refers to a male student?

Belief perseverance states that:

The difference between a well-formed and an ill-formed sentence usually comes down to _____________.

Nate thinks that Conservatives and the NDP almost never work together in Senate.The reason he believes this is that he finds it much easier to think of examples of politicians from the two parties not working together than to think of examples them working together.It is likely that the ______________ has caused Nate to underestimate how frequently Conservatives and the NDP work together.

When people make the conjunction fallacy,it is most likely because:

What term do psychologists use to describe the tendency to search for evidence that supports one's beliefs and to ignore evidence that might disprove them?

Individuals with category-specific visual agnosia (CSVA)lend support to which of the following statements?

What are the smallest meaningful units of language?

Suppose 40% of all of the books in a library are fiction and 2% of all of the books are on the Roman Empire.Wanda is a big fan of historical fiction novels.Which of the following is she LEAST likely to leave the library with?

Tim believes the attacks on Sept.11^th were an inside job.Although his friend Max,has shown him numerous studies,reviews,and assessments that suggest it could not have been an inside job,Tim rejects the validity of the research and holds firm in his beliefs.This is an example of _____________.

Concepts and categories are important because they allow us to:

Research has shown that jokes often involve some form of problem solving.The initial step of identifying that some aspect of the set-up is unexpected is known as _________.

Greta is an academic who studies how people come to understand meaning from words and how they are arranged.Greta's research likely focuses on ___________.

Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between language and communication?

Classical categorization involves typically involves the use of ______________,while categorization using prototypes involves _____________.

Based on the linguistic relativity hypothesis,which of the following would most likely be true?

A real-estate agent is asked by her clients how much they should ask for their house.She just sold a house for $300 000,so she finds herself suggesting an amount within the same range.This is an example of _____________.

If someone walked up to you and said,"Milk," and then asked you to quickly name an animal,you would likely say,"cow." This illustrates the concept of ______________.