Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is a difference between formal and informal reasoning?

Accepted Answer

A) Formal reasoning uses algorithms rather than heuristics. 
B) Formal reasoning is more useful for solving everyday problems. 
C) Formal reasoning involves dialectical reasoning. 
D) Formal reasoning is purposeful mental activity that involves operating on information in order to reach conclusions. 
A) Formal reasoning uses algorithms rather than heuristics. 
B) Formal reasoning is more useful for solving everyday problems. 
C) Formal reasoning involves dialectical reasoning. 
D) Formal reasoning is purposeful mental activity that involves operating on information in order to reach conclusions.

Question 3

Children in China typically outperform children in North America on tests of mathematical ability because Chinese children:

Accepted Answer

A) go to better schools. 
B) value education more. 
C) have better schools. 
D) have more innate mathematical ability. 
A) go to better schools. 
B) value education more. 
C) have better schools. 
D) have more innate mathematical ability.

Question 4

Benjamin Whorf's proposition that language moulds our cognition and perception:

Accepted Answer

A) is generally accepted by psychologists and linguists today. 
B) has fallen into disfavour among psychologists and linguists. 
C) is once again receiving attention and has support from research on language and perception. 
D) has recently been disproved by research. 
A) is generally accepted by psychologists and linguists today. 
B) has fallen into disfavour among psychologists and linguists. 
C) is once again receiving attention and has support from research on language and perception. 
D) has recently been disproved by research.

Question 5

Dallas is an 8-year-old boy who has a mental age of 11 years.His IQ would be about:

Accepted Answer

A) 100. 
B) 130. 
C) 115. 
D) 85. 
A) 100. 
B) 130. 
C) 115. 
D) 85.

Question 6

The tendency to not avoid loss altogether in certain economic decisions is called:

Accepted Answer

A) availability heuristic. 
B) confirmation bias. 
C) fairness bias. 
D) affect heuristic. 
A) availability heuristic. 
B) confirmation bias. 
C) fairness bias. 
D) affect heuristic.

Question 7

A cognitive ethologist would agree with all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) animal intelligence can be explained through principles of operant conditioning. 
B) animals can make plans and can make choices,thus indicating intelligence. 
C) animal intelligence is demonstrated when animals can anticipate future events. 
D) animals must be capable of thought or they could not coordinate activities with comrades. 
A) animal intelligence can be explained through principles of operant conditioning. 
B) animals can make plans and can make choices,thus indicating intelligence. 
C) animal intelligence is demonstrated when animals can anticipate future events. 
D) animals must be capable of thought or they could not coordinate activities with comrades.

Question 8

According to Kitchener and King,there are ________ stages on the way to achieving reflective thought.

Accepted Answer

A) seven 
B) five 
C) six 
D) three 
A) seven 
B) five 
C) six 
D) three

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) Mental age 
B) The g factor 
C) An intelligence quotient 
D) Meta-cognition 
A) Mental age 
B) The g factor 
C) An intelligence quotient 
D) Meta-cognition

Question 10

If you were playing a game of chess,you might try to analyze all of the possible moves and then pick the best one,but there are just too many,so you will probably use a strategy such as "protect the king." Such "rules of thumb" are known as:

Accepted Answer

A) mental blocks. 
B) analogies. 
C) heuristics. 
D) algorithms. 
A) mental blocks. 
B) analogies. 
C) heuristics. 
D) algorithms.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A good answer will include the following

Question 12

The drawing of conclusions or inferences from facts,observations,or assumptions is called:

Accepted Answer

A) reasoning. 
B) intelligence. 
C) mental set. 
D) confirmation bias. 
A) reasoning. 
B) intelligence. 
C) mental set. 
D) confirmation bias.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) culture-free IQ score and a general knowledge IQ score. 
B) componential IQ score,an experiential IQ score,and a contextual IQ score. 
C) tacit knowledge IQ score and an emotional intelligence IQ score. 
D) general IQ score,a verbal IQ score,and a performance IQ score. 
A) culture-free IQ score and a general knowledge IQ score. 
B) componential IQ score,an experiential IQ score,and a contextual IQ score. 
C) tacit knowledge IQ score and an emotional intelligence IQ score. 
D) general IQ score,a verbal IQ score,and a performance IQ score.

Question 14

When creativity has been studied,it has been noted that:

Accepted Answer

A) creative people rely on convergent thinking. 
B) a high IQ usually guarantees creativity. 
C) personality characteristics aren't related to creativity. 
D) creative people are willing to risk ridicule. 
A) creative people rely on convergent thinking. 
B) a high IQ usually guarantees creativity. 
C) personality characteristics aren't related to creativity. 
D) creative people are willing to risk ridicule.

Question 15

In order to arrive at a verdict,juries are supposed to:

Accepted Answer

A) use an algorithm to make sure that the decision produces a just result. 
B) engage in dialectical reasoning for and against the defendant's guilt. 
C) make sure all the premises have been supplied by the attorneys. 
D) use deductive reasoning so the verdict necessarily follows from the evidence. 
A) use an algorithm to make sure that the decision produces a just result. 
B) engage in dialectical reasoning for and against the defendant's guilt. 
C) make sure all the premises have been supplied by the attorneys. 
D) use deductive reasoning so the verdict necessarily follows from the evidence.

Question 16

When Risha was student-teaching,she found out that she didn't like being confined to a classroom with 20 children day after day.She knew that it would be best to change majors and switch to a discipline that allows for more variety in its physical setting.Risha is strong in:

Accepted Answer

A) experiential intelligence. 
B) psychometric intelligence. 
C) contextual intelligence. 
D) componential intelligence. 
A) experiential intelligence. 
B) psychometric intelligence. 
C) contextual intelligence. 
D) componential intelligence.

Question 17

Basic concepts are distinguished from concepts in general by the fact that basic concepts:

Accepted Answer

A) have fewer instances than general concepts. 
B) have a moderate number of instances. 
C) have many more instances than general concepts. 
D) convey too much irrelevant information. 
A) have fewer instances than general concepts. 
B) have a moderate number of instances. 
C) have many more instances than general concepts. 
D) convey too much irrelevant information.

Question 18

Research evidence is accumulating that ________ have at least some abilities that depend on a theory of mind.

Accepted Answer

A) leopards 
B) horses 
C) dogs 
D) chimpanzees 
A) leopards 
B) horses 
C) dogs 
D) chimpanzees

Question 19

When Mitch was learning to drive,he couldn't imagine how he could ever remember to steer the wheel,flip on the turn signal,put on the gas,and still manage to turn the car! Now that he has been driving for three years,Mitch's reactions have become automatic,and so when he drives a car:

Accepted Answer

A) divergent thinking is involved. 
B) subconscious processes are involved. 
C) nonconscious processes are involved. 
D) convergent thinking is involved. 
A) divergent thinking is involved. 
B) subconscious processes are involved. 
C) nonconscious processes are involved. 
D) convergent thinking is involved.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) most of the time it is making critical decisions about the events of the day. 
B) most of the time it is quietly playing cards in the back room and it performs only when the alarm sounds. 
C) it is almost always alert and attentive,ready to respond to any type of emergency. 
D) it is almost always "on the road" looking for the relevant information to be used to decipher unexpected situations. 
A) most of the time it is making critical decisions about the events of the day. 
B) most of the time it is quietly playing cards in the back room and it performs only when the alarm sounds. 
C) it is almost always alert and attentive,ready to respond to any type of emergency. 
D) it is almost always "on the road" looking for the relevant information to be used to decipher unexpected situations.

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

Which of the following is a difference between formal and informal reasoning?

Children in China typically outperform children in North America on tests of mathematical ability because Chinese children:

Benjamin Whorf's proposition that language moulds our cognition and perception:

Dallas is an 8-year-old boy who has a mental age of 11 years.His IQ would be about:

The tendency to not avoid loss altogether in certain economic decisions is called:

A cognitive ethologist would agree with all of the following EXCEPT:

According to Kitchener and King,there are ________ stages on the way to achieving reflective thought.

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

If you were playing a game of chess,you might try to analyze all of the possible moves and then pick the best one,but there are just too many,so you will probably use a strategy such as "protect the king." Such "rules of thumb" are known as:

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

The drawing of conclusions or inferences from facts,observations,or assumptions is called:

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

When creativity has been studied,it has been noted that:

In order to arrive at a verdict,juries are supposed to:

When Risha was student-teaching,she found out that she didn't like being confined to a classroom with 20 children day after day.She knew that it would be best to change majors and switch to a discipline that allows for more variety in its physical setting.Risha is strong in:

Basic concepts are distinguished from concepts in general by the fact that basic concepts:

Research evidence is accumulating that ________ have at least some abilities that depend on a theory of mind.

When Mitch was learning to drive,he couldn't imagine how he could ever remember to steer the wheel,flip on the turn signal,put on the gas,and still manage to turn the car! Now that he has been driving for three years,Mitch's reactions have become automatic,and so when he drives a car:

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

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Exam 9: Thinking and Intelligence

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

Which of the following is a difference between formal and informal reasoning?

Children in China typically outperform children in North America on tests of mathematical ability because Chinese children:

Benjamin Whorf's proposition that language moulds our cognition and perception:

Dallas is an 8-year-old boy who has a mental age of 11 years.His IQ would be about:

The tendency to not avoid loss altogether in certain economic decisions is called:

A cognitive ethologist would agree with all of the following EXCEPT:

According to Kitchener and King,there are ________ stages on the way to achieving reflective thought.

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

If you were playing a game of chess,you might try to analyze all of the possible moves and then pick the best one,but there are just too many,so you will probably use a strategy such as "protect the king." Such "rules of thumb" are known as:

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

The drawing of conclusions or inferences from facts,observations,or assumptions is called:

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

When creativity has been studied,it has been noted that:

In order to arrive at a verdict,juries are supposed to:

When Risha was student-teaching,she found out that she didn't like being confined to a classroom with 20 children day after day.She knew that it would be best to change majors and switch to a discipline that allows for more variety in its physical setting.Risha is strong in:

Basic concepts are distinguished from concepts in general by the fact that basic concepts:

Research evidence is accumulating that ________ have at least some abilities that depend on a theory of mind.

When Mitch was learning to drive,he couldn't imagine how he could ever remember to steer the wheel,flip on the turn signal,put on the gas,and still manage to turn the car! Now that he has been driving for three years,Mitch's reactions have become automatic,and so when he drives a car:

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

What Is Psychology

How Psychologists Do Research

Genes,evolution,and Environment

The Brain: Source of Mind and Self

Body Rhythms and Mental States

Sensation and Perception

Learning and Conditioning

Behaviour in Social and Cultural Context

Memory

Emotion,stress,and Health

Motivation

Development Over the Life Span

Theories of Personality

Psychological Disorders

Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Filters