Exam 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Training programs for the mentally retarded have proven relatively effective in making it possible for some retarded individuals to function in society. These types of programs generally rely on __________

The linguistic relativity hypothesis suggests that __________

Mainstreaming refers to the trend toward educating mentally retarded individuals __________

According to J.P. Guilford, creative thinkers are highly proficient at __________

Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men. One student is described as ambitious, athletic, and assertive. Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?

Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences proposed eight forms of intelligence that were ordered from greater to lesser importance.

When a problem is seen as having only one answer, with all lines of thinking leading to that answer, this is known as divergent thinking.

The tendency to perceive and approach problems in the same ways that have worked in the past is called a __________

Many items on a "culture-fair" test require the use of __________

David Wechsler developed a new way to calculate intelligence scores because the old technique of dividing mental age by chronological age did not translate well to __________

Jamaal has no problem producing answers to simple math problems. In fact, he appears to require little effort and does them automatically. Jamaal is __________

A famous lecturer argues that because the Hopi Indians have only two nouns for things that fly, one for birds and another for nonbirds, the Hopi MUST interpret all flying things in terms of these two nouns. This argument is based on __________

African Americans score, on average, about __________ points lower than Whites on standardized IQ tests in the United States.

Which is the most likely prototype for the concept "vehicle"?

Because athletes' work involves repetitive physical actions, they are able to use imaging effectively.

Most standardized tests of intelligence have a distribution of scores that __________

The consistent improvement in IQ scores over time that accompanies changes in standards of living is known as __________

Which of the following is NOT considered a component of emotional intelligence?

Many individuals perform very well in their jobs and in real-life situations, but they do not have a lot of academic knowledge. Sternberg suggested these individuals possess a lot of __________

Jordan is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 8 years. His IQ would be __________