Exam 9: Language and Thinking

Charles Spearman's g factor conception of intelligence and L.L.Thurstone's primary mental abilities conception of intelligence are similar in that:

Contrary to popular stereotypes,Lewis Terman's longitudinal study of ________ children found that they tended to be socially well adjusted and had satisfying and successful lives as adults.

The part of the brain that is related to visual-spatial functions is the ____________ lobe.

Even though they are good predictors of performance in similar situations,one of the arguments against this type of test is that it makes the assumption that everyone has had the same chance to learn the material being tested.This is an __________________test.

Jay and Jackie are opening a new business and need to hire several employees.They decide to give the prospective employees an intelligence test but can't decide what it is they want to measure.Jay thinks they should find out how much the prospective employees already know.But Jackie thinks they that if the person has the ability to learn new things that is more important for their new business.Based on their intentions to measure different aspects,Jay should to use a ___________ test and Jackie should use a ____________ test.

Which of the following was mentioned as initially giving rise to L.L.Thurstone's theory of primary mental abilities?

Environmental explanations of the differences in cognitive abilities between men and women have typically focused on the role of:

Many concepts are difficult to describe in words,but we often can define them using typical and familiar members of a particular class called:

Anna and her family moved to Germany when Anna was thirteen years old and her brother Andrew was four.Even after many years of speaking and reading the German language,Anna still struggled with the language compared to Andrew who easily switches between English and German when necessary.The fact that Andrew was able to master this second language faster and better than Anna is evidence for:

Janine takes a personality test she finds in the latest issue of "College Freshman" magazine.To her delight,she scores as kind,generous,and caring.When she takes the magazine over to her best friend's dorm and takes the test again along with several other first year students,she cannot understand why this time she scores high in the category of self-centered,vain,and competitive.The fact that Janine can get two very different high scores from the same test after retaking it shows a remarkable lack of ________.

With regard to fluid and crystallized intelligence,research has concluded that:

Lewis Terman's longitudinal study of cognitively gifted children found that:

According to research,a person at what age would have the easiest time learning and effectively mastering a second language?

All of the following are components in Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence EXCEPT:

A person who engages in "top-down" processing and reasons from general principles to conclusions about a particular case is involved in deductive reasoning.

Research on the once controversial linguistic relativity hypothesis has revealed that it does an effective job of explaining the link between language,thought,and perception and may actually have initially been understated.

With regard to gender differences in intelligence,___________ generally have higher scores on tests of mathematical reasoning and some spatial tasks,while __________ tend to have higher scores on tests of mathematical calculation and perceptual speed.

Today,most linguists do not agree with Benjamin Lee Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis and argue that language merely reflects the basic aspects of.

What is the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning? Give an example of how each of these types of logic may be used during different stages of the scientific process.

Dr.Delaye has developed a new test for math ability but because the test relies heavily on word problems,the test is actually a better measure of comprehension.Because this test doesn't measure the concept that Dr.Delaye originally intended it to,we would say that this test has: