Exam 7: Cognition and Mental Abilities

The Wallach and Kogan Creative Battery asks subjects to ________.

Numerous studies have found that subtle changes in the way in which information is presented ________.

Robert is applying for a job as a legal secretary. In addition to testing his secretarial skills, the law firm is most likely to test his general intelligence by administering the ________.

In the majority of cases, the cause of intellectual disability is ________.

The smallest meaningful units in a language are ________.

Tests that minimize or eliminate the use of words are ________.

Non-human animals communicate primarily through ________.

The perspective from which we interpret information before making a decision is known as ________.

The type of thinking required to solve problems requiring a creative, flexible, or inventive solution is ________ thinking.

A person with average intelligence should get an IQ score of about 100 on the Stanford-Binet test.

Rules of thumb that do not guarantee a solution but may help bring one within reach are called ________.

Validity is a test's ability to measure what it has been designed to measure.

Which of the following is the best example of hill climbing?

The results of Skeels's study showed that ________.

Compare and contrast images and concepts. Discuss how they contribute to our ability to function. Finally, discuss the role of prototypes in concept formation.

A uniquely human capability that may separate us from all other animals is ________.

According to Sternberg, the ability to find solutions to personal problems involves ________ intelligence.

Jack had never met a professor before he went to college. However, from what he had heard, he developed a mental image of all professors being male, absent-minded, middle -aged, wearing glasses and tweed sports jackets, smoking a pipe, and speaking with a British accent. This mental image is best described as a(n) ________.

Summarize the research findings on sex differences in mental abilities.

The three most important building blocks of thought are ________.