Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The linguistic relativity hypothesis of the relationship between language and thought was first proposed by _________.

A mental representation of a group or category that shares similar characteristics is called _________.

Which of the following is the smallest, most distinctive unit of sound in a language?

Creative thinking is related to _________.

Mental representations of previously stored sensory experiences are called mental _________.

The mental activities involved in acquiring, storing, retrieving, and using knowledge are collectively known as _________.

If a test is standardized and reliable, what conclusions can you make about its validity?

Gina works for a boss who is very insecure and critical.Because Gina believes she would be punished for creative ideas, she is unlikely to attempt to be creative.Gina lacks the resources of _________.

What types of relatives are likely to have the highest similarity between their intelligence quotients? ___

A representation of the "best" or most typical example of a category is called a(n)_________.

An interior designer on the TV show "Trading Spaces" used the frame of a car to create a child's bed.This is an example of _________.

To develop an idea for a research paper in his English class, Shaleke is told to brainstorm and write down several different topics that would interest him.He should probably use ________ thinking.

Misjudging your risk of dying in an airplane crash because you just watched 24-hour coverage of one is MOST related to the ________ heuristic.

Minority schoolchildren perform better on verbal intelligence tests when they are told the test has nothing to do with school compared to when they are told the test is school-related.Which of the following can be concluded?

"I goed to the zoo" and "I hurt my foots" are examples of _________.

When confronted with a problem, persistence in using strategies that have worked in the past rather than new ones is called _________.

Which of the following would support the idea that people store concepts in terms of prototypes?

The smallest meaningful unit of language is called a _________.

Which of the following conclusions can be drawn the finding that people are faster to verify that a cocker spaniel is a dog compared to the time it takes to verify that a cocker spaniel is an animal?

The set of rules that specify how phonemes, morphemes, words, and phrases should be combined to express meaningful thoughts is called _________.