Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

A(n) _________ is a systematic procedure for solving a problem that works invariably when it is correctly applied.

Unlike babbling, crying and cooing are inborn and prelinguistic.

Tom was trying to lose some weight prior to his wedding, so he decided what he wanted to look like for his special day and then decided what weight-loss program he was going to follow. This is an example of ____________.

According to Noam Chomsky, __________ is an underlying set of rules for turning ideas into sentences.

The ________ is the view that language structures the way we view the world.

In the context of problem solving, ________ involves dealing simultaneously with two or more elements of the problems.

The _________ assumes that the more similar something is to our expectations, the more likely the entity belongs to that category.

_________ is essentially the same as the saying, "If it isn't broken, don't fix it."

A lawyer most likely has __________.

_________ is the capacity to communicate information about events and objects in another time or place.

Joshua, a 10-year-old boy, knows that snakes are reptiles, all reptiles are animals, and all animals are living things. In this scenario, Joshua organizes concepts in ________.

When a child utters the word "mama," it may signify meanings as varied as "There goes Mama," "Come here, Mama," and "You are my Mama." Such single words used by children to express complex meanings are known as _________.

According to Louis Thurstone, __________ are the eight specific factors that make up intelligence.

To explore the role of genetics on intelligence, psychologists utilize __________.

Christopher is skilled at problem solving and possesses broad reasoning abilities. According to Charles Spearman, Christopher's abilities are indicative of _________.

According to psycholinguistic theory, ___________.

In language development, we naturally use prototypes and exemplars to organize and label objects within categories.

Which of the following statements is true of concepts?

A composite of studies of the relationship between IQ scores and heredity suggests that both genetic and environmental factors contribute to IQ scores.

Anna points to an object and tells her two-year-old son what it is. He then points and repeats what Anna said. In the context of the social-cognitive perspective, Anna serves as a(n) _________ for her child to acquire language skills.