Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

__________ is a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experience.

In language development, over-inclusion of instances in a category is labeled _________.

According to the representativeness heuristic, people make judgments about events according to:

Because psychologists have engaged in thousands of studies on intelligence, they unequivocally agree on the definition of intelligence.

Which of the following statements is true of language?

Dr. Jackson is often found in class using phrases like, "It is similar to …" and "kind of like …." Making connections between similar things is an example of a(n) __________.

Identify a true statement about problem solving.

In the context of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale (SBIS), which of the following statements is true of intelligence quotient (IQ)?

Which of the following is a reason for overconfidence?

Daniel, a six-year-old boy, takes an intelligence test. The results of the test show that he is functioning intellectually like the average eight-year-old. In this scenario, Daniel has a(n) __________ of eight.

True language is distinguished from the communication systems of lower animals by properties such as semanticity, infinite creativity, and linguistic relativity.

A(n) _____ is a system of symbols along with rules that are used to manipulate the symbols.

Which of the following is a prototype of the category mammal?

Marci would describe almost a perfect person whenever her friends would ask her who she thought was her ideal life partner. This "perfect" person would be a(n) _______.

A criticism of the linguistic-relativity hypothesis is that a language's vocabulary suggests the cognitive limits of the speakers of the language.

__________ holds that innate factors, which make up children's nature, cause children to attend to and acquire language in certain ways.

Dave could not remember the last digit of his friend's cell phone number, so he kept trying different digits until he found the right one. In this scenario, which of the following methods did Dave use?

The ________ groups test questions into a number of separate subtests where each subtest measures a different intellectual task.

The Weschler intelligence scale yielded the mental age score.

During a math test, Jacob is given the lengths of two sides of a right triangle and is asked to find the length of its third side. He uses the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the length. In this scenario, Jacob has used a(n) _____ to calculate the length of the third side of the right triangle.