Exam 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

If you look at the professors whom you know, you might chuckle at them. They may be very smart but don't understand the real world. According to Robert Sternberg, they may be lacking a bit of contextual intelligence.

Standards used for bases of comparison, which are derived from the scores of large numbers of people are called __________

The system of rules that governs how we combine words to form phrases and sentences is called __________

What are basic premises of the linguistic relativity hypothesis proposed by Benhamin Whorf?

Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences divides intelligence into __________ independent abilities.

Howard Gardner and Robert Sternberg agree to be interviewed together on the topic of intelligence. At the end of the interview, what do you conclude is their major point of agreement?

How many morphemes are there in the sentence "I predicted it"?

According to __________, the language a person speaks determines the nature of that person's thoughts.

Wayne and Tammy are looking at buying a new house. They have decided that price is the most important factor and will not look at homes that cost more than $300,000. In making their decision, Wayne and Tammy are using _________

It is commonly thought that people who are "gifted" have various physical, psychological, and personality problems. What is really known about this common idea and what did a famous study find out about the gifted?

Which of these is an element of the formal definition of mental retardation?

A majority of the individuals who are classified as mentally retarded are considered to be __________

The __________ is a thinking strategy in which the individual bases their decision upon how closely the situation matches an existing prototype.

Give a brief definition of the term concept.

Einstein's famous E=mc² is an example of __________

The basic meaningful units of any language are called __________

The SAT, the ACT and the GRE are all types of __________

Pragmatics are defined as __________

Give an example of a heuristic.

Today the debate over whether intelligence is due to genetic or environmental factors does not focus so much on either or, but rather _________