Exam 9: Language and Thinking

____________ structure refers to the ways that symbols in a language are combined.The specific rules for combining these symbols are called ___________.

A friend is trying to solve a problem and you have an idea about how to solve it.You translate your idea into words and tell the person your idea for solving the problem.You have transferred your idea from your mind to your friend's mind.In this example,your idea is considered an example of:

Which of the following was one of the assumptions made by Alfred Binet in his research on intelligence?

In Luchin's water jar problems,participants are asked to use three jars of differing volumes (A,B,and C)to create various final amounts of water.After the first few trials,participants learn that the same formula (B-A-2C)will provide the answer for each of the first few problems.However,Luchin noticed that people had the tendency to continue using this formula on other problems,even when these problems had simpler solutions (such as A-C).This particular problem-solving block is called:

In creating his child intelligence test,Alfred Binet made the assumption that mental abilities develop with age.

If you identify differences between the present situation and the desired goal state and then make changes to reduce these differences it is indicative of using ____________ to solve a problem.

The three essential properties that define this ability are that it is symbolic,it has structure,and it is generative.This ability is: