Exam 9: Thinking and Intelligence

Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between intelligence and IQ?

Propositions represent the relationships of concepts to one another.

Marylou is making her famous chili. Instead of measuring the amount of chopped peppers to add, she knows that a handful is "usually about right." This illustrates the use of a(n):

A prototype is a mental category that groups objects or activities that have common properties.

________ intelligence is the ability to identify your own and other people's emotions accurately, express your emotions clearly, and regulate emotions in yourself and others.

One type of mental representation is the concept. How do concepts allow us to relate to the world around us in a manageable way? Create an example to show what a person's experience in a novel situation could be like if humans didn't organize the world based on concepts.

Are ability to multitask is due, in large part, to our ability to perform ________________ cognitive tasks.

The tendency to think that human beings have nothing in common with other animals is called anthropomorphism.

Stereotype threat refers to:

Which concept is most basic: furniture, chair, or high chair?

Which of the following statements defines basic concepts?

________ is the tendency to falsely attribute human qualities to nonhuman beings.

What goals do cognitive theories of intelligence have that psychometric theories do not?

________ thinkers generally assume that a correct answer always exists and can be obtained through the senses or from authorities.

Reflective judgment is basically another term for what has been called critical thinking.

Explanations of animal behavior that rely solely on instinct would have difficulty interpreting the fact that mother chimpanzees show their young how to use stone tools to open nuts.

In studies of business managers and sales people, tacit knowledge is a strong predictor of effectiveness on the job.

Research on overcoming our cognitive biases shows that people tend to be equally irrational in all situations.

In Chapter 9, the authors note that many adults take one position and stick with it no matter what. How does this lack of reflective judgment and dialectical thinking relate to the critical thinking guidelines explained in Chapter 1?

_______ is the tendency to solve new problems using procedures that worked before on similar problems.