Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Identify a true statement about heuristics.

In the context of the theories of intelligence, which of the following statements is true of creative people?

Which of the following statements is true of the nativist theory of language development?

__________are rules of thumb that help us simplify and solve problems.

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

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

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.

The influence of wording, or the context in which information is presented, on decision making is known as _____.

A(n)__________is a partial similarity among things that are different in other ways.

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

The__________is a decision-making heuristic in which our estimates of frequency or probability of events are based on how easy it is to find examples.

In Gestalt psychology,__________is a sudden perception of relationships among elements of the mentally represented elements of a problem that permits its solution.

Ava, a four-year-old girl, combines words to form her own sentences. In this scenario, Ava is demonstrating _____.

Research shows that apes are very reliable in their sequencing of signs, suggesting that they comprehend the rules of grammar.

According to psycholinguistic theory, _____.

In__________, the problem solver associates freely to the elements of the problem, allowing "leads" to run a nearly limitless course.

Identify a true statement about prelinguistic vocalizations.

In the context of psycholinguistic theory, the inborn tendency to acquire language is referred to as a(n) _____.

In the context of factors that affect problem solving, _____ refers to the tendency to view an object in terms of its name or familiar usage.

Emotional intelligence does not involve self-insight.