Exam 8: Thinking, Reasoning, and Language

Following news reports about a severe bus accident, Dwayne decides that it would be safer to drive than take the bus on his next several trips through the mountains. Dwayne is basing his decision on the

Honeybees communicate through

Tessa is writing an algebra exam and tries to solve two separate questions in the same way given that both involve calculations of speed. The second problem, however, requires a different form of reasoning to solve the problem. Tessa is experiencing which obstacle to problem solving?

Our co-worker says, "It's awful in here." To understand what she means, we must

Preschool age children have acquired most of the rules of __________ associated with their language.

The level of analysis of language that focuses on how words are combined to form sentences is called

Based on animal and human research, the development of language in human children is

Define the concept of cognitive economy, and provide an example of a situation in which cognitive economy leads to better decisions and another example of a situation in which cognitive economy leads to poorer decisions.

Describe the waggle-dance that honey bees use to communicate, and explain why this communication is not the same as 'language'.

Which of these levels of analysis is most directly related to the fact that "the boy ate the chicken" and "the chicken ate the boy" mean very different things?

Judith is a third-year undergraduate student who lists her interests as computer gaming, and online communities. Based on this description, you might assume that Judith is more likely to be a computer science major than a psychology major because you think those interests are more common among computer science majors. On your campus, there are very few computer science majors, and a lot of psychology majors. Your judgment is likely based on the __________ heuristic but might be wrong due to the __________.

Language acquisition in humans is typically marked by a __________ period rather than a __________ period.

Tom is baking banana bread, and the recipe calls for half a cup of margarine. When he realizes that he does not have any margarine, he gives up baking rather than using a substitute. His method of thinking reflects

What have we learned based on the errors that people make in the Stroop task?

Alfred is taking a seven-day 'Alphanetics' course that claims it will increase the rate at which he reads to approximately 2000 words per minute. Based on the research presented in your text, what will happen to Alfred's comprehension of the material he is reading so fast?

Understanding how the brain works while individuals make financial decisions is a field referred to as

As symbolic systems of communication, most languages

The linguistic relativity hypothesis suggests that

If you change the morphemes in a word, you are also changing the

Compare and contrast the nativist account of language acquisition with either the social pragmatics account, or the general cognitive processing account.