Exam 10: Thinking and Language

Describe several heuristics that you might use or that you have used when deciding whether you should (a)study especially hard for a test and (b)ask someone for a date (or accept a date).Under what circumstances are these heuristics likely to contribute to poor decision making?

The indelible memories of the 9/11 terrorist tragedy unduly inflated many people's estimates of the risks associated with air travel.This best illustrates the importance of

Consumers respond more positively to ground beef advertised as "75 percent lean" than to ground beef described as "25 percent fat." This illustrates that consumer reactions are influenced by

A European visitor to the United States asked a taxi driver,"Can you please a ride to the airport me give?" This visitor has apparently not yet mastered the ________ of the English language.

Our intuitions are feelings and thoughts that are best described as

Injury to certain areas of the ________ lobes can destroy imagination while leaving reading,writing,and arithmetic skills intact.

In testing thousands of different materials for use as light bulb filaments,Thomas Edison best illustrated a problem-solving approach known as

Broca's area is typically located in the left ________ lobe.

Chimpanzees are capable of learning to

Long before they can say words,many 6-month-old infants recognize the names of objects.This best illustrates their emerging capacity for

When we use the word automobile to refer to a category of transport vehicles,we are using this word as a(n)

Injury to the left ________ lobe damages the convergent thinking required for successful performance on intelligence tests.

Who argued that all human languages share a universal grammar?

The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to

In the words helped and called,the ed ending is a(n)

Gestures are especially likely to be associated with speech that has ________ content.

At the age of 15 months,Anita repeatedly cries "hoy" when she wants her mother to hold her.Anita is most likely in the ________ stage of language development.

In the words lightly,neatly,and shortly,the ly ending is a(n)

Despite overwhelming and highly publicized evidence that Senator McEwan was guilty of serious political corruption and misconduct,many who had supported her in past elections remained convinced of her political integrity.Their reaction best illustrates

By encouraging people to imagine their homes being destroyed by winds from a hurricane,insurance salespeople are especially successful at selling expensive homeowners' policies.They are most clearly exploiting the influence of