Exam 9: Thinking and Intelligence

On a trip to Australia, Caleb sees an ibis for the first time. Despite never having seen one before, he uses his ______________ for bird to quickly identify the ibis as a type of bird.

________ is the study of cognitive processes in nonhuman animals, especially in natural environments.

People who are ________ thinkers generally understand that some things can never be known with certainty, but they also understand that some judgments are more valid than others.

A unit of meaning that is made up of concepts and expresses a single idea is called a:

In the 1950s, a social psychologist and two of his associates joined a "doomsday" group in order to study how the group members would react when the world did not end as predicted by their leader. How did the believers respond? Analyze their responses according to the theory of cognitive dissonance.

Scientists agree that a general ability underlies the specific abilities and talents measured by intelligence tests.

Jerome Kagan likens consciousness to the staff of a fire department because:

The process in which opposing facts are weighed and compared to determine the best solution is called:

A honeybee performs a little dance that communicates to other bees the direction and distance of food. Because the bee can "talk" about something that is located elsewhere, its communication system shows ___________. But because the bee can create only utterances that are genetically wired into its repertoire, its communication system lacks ___________.

The tension that occurs when you believe you may have made a bad decision is known as ________.

A ________ is an integrated mental network of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations concerning a particular topic or aspect of the world.

Asian students generally value education more than American students.

A ________ is an integrated mental network of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations concerning a particular topic or aspect of the world.

David Wechsler designed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) in order to produce:

Vicky runs a dog-fighting ring out of her house. She justifies the harm that happens to the dogs by telling herself that dog fighting isn't cruel because dogs cannot think or feel emotions. This is an example of:

Frida is a young child in the process of developing concepts. Which of the following concepts is she most likely to learn first?

________ is defined as a general intellectual ability assumed by many theorists to underlie specific mental abilities and talents.

An algorithm is a rule of thumb that suggests a course of action or guides problem solving but does not guarantee an optimal solution.

_______________ intelligence refers to the practical application of intelligence.

Based on the powers of thought and intelligence, human beings are called homo sapiens, which translates as: