Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The triarchic theory of intelligence was advanced by

Although intuition can at times hinder rationality,it is often adaptive because it facilitates

A condition of mild to severe intellectual disability caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 is known as

Boys outnumber girls at extremely ________ levels of verbal fluency and at extremely ________ levels of solving complex math problems.

Business managers are often overly confident of their own hiring ability because they are more likely to monitor the successes of people they hired than the achievements of those they rejected.This illustrates that overconfidence may be encouraged by

After Miguel's recent automobile accident,doctors detected brain damage in Broca's area.It is likely that Miguel will have difficulty

Public fears of gun violence tend to increase dramatically for a brief time after highly publicized mass shootings.This best illustrates the impact of

By about age 7,those who have not been exposed to either a spoken or a signed language gradually lose their ability to master any language.This illustrates the importance of ________ for language acquisition.

Infants are first able to recognize differences in speech sounds during the ________ stage.

When you add s to the word apple you are referring to more than one apple.This illustrates an English language rule of

When promised money for doing well on an intelligence test,adolescents scored higher.This best illustrates that intelligence test performance is influenced by

Because she believes that boys are naughtier than girls,Mrs.Zumpano,a second-grade teacher,watches boys more closely than she watches girls for any signs of misbehavior.Mrs.Zumpano's surveillance strategy best illustrates

Forest-dwelling chimpanzees use a light,flexible stick for fishing for termites.This illustrates their naturally developed use of

An increase in average intelligence test performance during the past decade would best illustrate why intelligence testing requires up-to-date

Although diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and hardly able to speak coherently,18-year-old Andrew can produce intricate and detailed drawings of scenes he has viewed only once.Andrew illustrates a condition known as

College students are more likely to use a condom when told that it has a 95 percent success rate than when told it has a 5 percent failure rate.This best illustrates the impact of

After spending two hours trying to solve an engineering problem,Amira finally gave up.As she was trying to fall asleep that night,a solution to the problem popped into her head.Amira's experience best illustrates

When Professor McGuire asks her students to answer questions in class,she can quickly tell from their facial expressions whether they are happy to participate.Professor McGuire's perceptual skill best illustrates

Among Americans scoring in the top hundredth of 1 percent on the ________ at age 12 or 13,more than half have earned doctorates.

People scoring higher on the Scottish national intelligence test at age 11 tended to ________ than those who scored lower.