Exam 9: Language and Thinking

Consider the statement,"Last night,I shot an elephant in my pyjamas." Since this sentence has at least two different interpretations (the pyjamas could be worn by the man OR they could be worn by the elephant),this means that this sentence has:

A two-year old who is uttering two-word sentences consisting of a noun and a verb is using ____________________.

The statement,"Professors are politically liberal" is an example of a ______________,which is created by combining concepts in particular ways.

Research on IQ differences between African American and Caucasian students indicates that:

The fact that a child will generally have great difficulty learning a language if he is first exposed to it after puberty is generally taken as evidence that language has a sensitive period.

Which of the following would be best considered an example of the motoric mode of thought?

What is the difference between an achievement test,an aptitude test,and a psychological test? Give an example of each.

The following two sentences: "The cat was chased by the dog" and "The dog chased the cat,"

One of the arguments for the biological basis of language is that despite their differences at the phonemic level,all languages seem to have a common underlying ____________.

Evidence in support of apes' language abilities is strongest in terms of the __________ criterion of language.

The measurement concept of validity refers to how well a test actually measures the construct it was intended to measure.

Greater thinking flexibility and higher performance on IQ tests were specifically mentioned as benefits of:

In Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence,the higher order processes used to plan and regulate task performance are called ______________.

Language can be used to create an infinite number of messages that can have novel or new meanings.This is quality of language is referred to as:

In theory,aptitude tests depend less on prior learning and to more accurately measure a person's ability than ____________ tests.

The fact that at 6 months of age,young children begin only making the sounds of phonemes of their native language and discard the sounds of other phonemes that they were previously able to make,is best considered as an example of how:

That fact that language-deprived children are generally unable to acquire normal language skills when they are found past puberty was presented as evidence of:

People's mistaken judgments in the "Linda the feminist bank teller" problem were interpreted as being due to the ________________ heuristic.

Which of the following statements about science is most accurate?

Which of the following statements regarding intelligence is most accurate?