Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

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

Telegraphic speech is brief and grammatically incorrect.

A(n)__________shows the intellectual level at which a child is functioning.

In__________, thought is limited to present facts and the problem solver narrows his or her thinking to find the best solution.

Which of the following statements is true of telegraphic speech?

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

In the context of creativity and intelligence, _____ helps generate many possible solutions to problems.

Studies generally suggest that the heritability of intelligence is less than 20%.

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.

In the context of the theories of intelligence,__________can solve problems to which there are no preexisting solutions and no proven formulas.