Exam 9: Thinking and Intelligence

Which example of the concept chair is prototypical?

When Köhler put chimpanzees in situations in which tempting bananas were just out of reach,he found that:

In his research on stereotype threat,Claude Steele has revealed how cultural stereotypes influence test performance.Explain stereotype threat and the effects it has on test performance.Who typically experiences stereotype threat?

Scientists have found evidence of all of the following EXCEPT:

Have you ever thought about what thinking itself has allowed you to do? Name three human capabilities that are possible because we can think!

A ________ is a network of knowledge,associations,beliefs,and expectations.

Our textbook points out that not all mental processing is conscious.Describe an activity that once took your conscious attention to perform but now can be done "without thinking."

Karyn is just about to use a photocopier when Bob scurries up saying,"Excuse me,may I use the Xerox machine,because I have to make copies." According to our textbook,Karyn is likely to comply with Bob's request because:

Which of the following occurs outside of conscious awareness but is accessible to consciousness when necessary?

Alfred Binet's insight regarding a method of measuring mental development had an international impact in the twentieth century.Explain how he went about calculating a child's mental abilities.In what ways did the purpose behind the test change when Lewis Terman revised Binet's test for use in North America?

Informal reasoning involves:

The first widely used intelligence test was devised in 1904,when Alfred Binet was asked to:

Stereotype threat has been shown to affect the test performance of ________,who perform better on tests when they are not feeling self-conscious about themselves as members of negatively stereotyped groups.

As a participant in a psychology experiment,Meredith is asked to rotate an image in her imagination.What aspect of psychology are the researchers studying? Based on Chapter 9,will Meredith be able to complete this task successfully?

Irene Pepperberg has been working with an African grey parrot named Alex.Her research has revealed that

An algorithm is a rule of thumb that guides problem solving but does not guarantee an optimal solution.

When we think of mindlessness,our usual focus is on the mishaps that may occur.But mindlessness has its benefits too! Create an example that illustrates one of the benefits of the mindless processing of information.

According to the information-processing approach,our brains passively record incoming information.

When he begins deliberating with fellow jurors,DeAndre is convinced of the defendant's guilt.As he listens attentively,he rethinks his own position in order to evaluate the evidence from the perspective of innocence.This point-counterpoint method of deliberation is an example of:

An 8-year-old child who scored like an average 10-year-old on an intelligence test would have a mental age of ________ and an IQ of ________.