Exam 9: Language and Thought

Tom is considering moving to a new city.He reads that the employment rate in that city is 90%,which he thinks is very favourable.Ted is considering moving to the same city,but he reads that the unemployment rate is 10%,which he thinks is unacceptably high.Why would Tom and Ted reach such different conclusions based on the same statistics?

Means-ends analysis got its start by looking at how people solved _____ problems.

Apes who have acquired the use of human language usually can construct complex,grammatically correct sentences.

The SMALLEST units of sound that are recognizable as speech,rather than as random noise,are called:

Which problem is ill defined?

The phrase "over and back" is a good example of telegraphic speech.

Prospect theory predicts that when given the choice between two options,people will choose the option associated with the greatest objective value.

Which scenario will NOT increase the effectiveness of analogical problem?

Because he is a hopeless romantic,Chad buys his wife a single red rose for no particular reason while grocery shopping.Realizing that he doesn't own a vase,he also buys the only one the supermarket has in stock,which is rather expensive.Upon coming home,his wife says,"Thanks for the rose,but is the vase really necessary? We can just put it in one of your many empty wine bottles that litter the kitchen." Chad's failure to realize that a wine bottle can serve as a makeshift but romantic vase is an example of:

Means-ends analysis was FIRST described by:

There are about _____ distinct human languages.

Sixteen-year-old Haley uses a tanning bed several times a week.When asked if she is concerned about skin cancer,she answers that she is not,and then adds that older people with fairer skin are much more likely to get skin cancer than she is.Haley's answer illustrates:

The availability bias is an example of a heuristic.

According to Gestalt psychologists,insights reflect:

Which expression is a sentence?

The availability bias is an example of a(n):

Insight problem solving is uncommon because problem solving suffers from:

Shannon feels miserable in her marriage but refuses to consider getting a divorce;she feels that a divorce would completely waste all of the hard work she has put into making the marriage work for 20 years.Shannon's line of reasoning BEST illustrates the:

People's judgements about whether or not to accept conclusions often depend more on _____ than they do on _____.

When Broca's area is damaged,patients: