Exam 10: Thinking and Language

Dean overestimates the proportion of family chores for which he takes sole responsibility because it's easier for him to recall what he has done than to recall what other family members have done.This best illustrates the impact of

The part of the cerebral cortex that directs the muscle movements involved in speech is known as

The earliest stage of speech development is called the ________ stage.

An impairment of language is known as

By about age 7,those who have not been exposed to either a spoken or a signed language gradually lose their ability to master any language.This illustrates the importance of ________ for language acquisition.

Students routinely underestimate how much time it will take them to complete assignments.This best illustrates the impact of

In writing survey questions,political pollsters who want to gather evidence of people's support for particular viewpoints are especially likely to understand the impact of

Bilingual people,who inhibit one language while using the other,can better inhibit their attention to irrelevant information.This has been called

Which of the following was cited by Whorf as evidence in support of the linguistic determinism hypothesis?

Kevin succeeds in getting his children to do chores by using threats.He fails to recognize that kindness would be even more effective in gaining their cooperation.Kevin's shortsightedness best illustrates a consequence of

Native German speakers who pronounce the English word "this" as "dis" are demonstrating their difficulty with an English

Perceived differences between various shades of color are greater if people assign a different name to each hue.This best illustrates the influence of

Introductory psychology students facing a midterm exam one week later spent five minutes each day visualizing themselves reading their assigned chapters,going over their notes,and eliminating study distractions.This ________ simulation had a ________ effect on their exam scores.

Professor Chadwick evaluated a graduate student's research proposal negatively simply because he had heard a rumor about the student's incompetence.When later informed that the rumor had been patently false,the professor's assessment of the student's research proposal remained almost as negative as it had been originally.This best illustrates

People with opposing views of capital punishment reviewed mixed evidence regarding its effectiveness as a crime deterrent.As a result,their opposing views differed more strongly than ever.This best illustrates

Bilingual people have a somewhat ________ vocabulary in each language than do people who speak a single language,and bilingual people are ________ able to inhibit their attention to irrelevant information than are monolingual people.

A single,memorable case of welfare fraud can have a greater impact on people's estimates of welfare abuse than do statistics showing that this case is actually the exception to the rule.This illustrates that judgments are influenced by

The word chimps contains ________ phoneme(s)and ________ morpheme(s).

A football quarterback simultaneously calculates receiver distances,player movements,and weather conditions.This best illustrates the activity of multiple

Many people who are bilingual experience a different sense of self depending on which language they are using.This most clearly illustrates the implications of