Exam 8: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Bertha met two students from another school at a convention.She enjoyed their company a great deal and was very impressed with how nice they were.Bertha now believes that all the students from that school are nice and is therefore considering transferring to that school.According to the methods of reasoning,Bertha is using _____ reasoning in this scenario.

Nigel is a ten-year-old boy.According to milestones of language development,which of the following language milestones is attained by Nigel at this age?

Heritability is a statistic that provides information about a group,not a single individual.

Critics of the work of Benjamin Whorf maintain that:

Clara develops a test to assess the levels of anxiety among cardiac surgeons and shows it to Betty,a subject matter expert,for feedback on her test.Post the review session,Betty approves her test and states that the test measures what it aims to measure.Thus,from the above scenario this test exemplifies _____.

Norah is employing the process of _____ since she intends to oppose the existing views regarding feminism in post-modern era.

Which of the following statements is true of heritability?

When cognitive psychologists use the computer as an analogy to explain the relationship between cognition and the brain,the brain is described as the computer's _____.

Dan is at an international food fest with his brother Jude.When Dan is served a dish of Mopane worm stew,Jude tells him reassuringly,"That's food!" and Dan comprehends his statement regarding the concept of food.Which of the following characteristics of concepts has been illustrated in this scenario?

By definition,people who are gifted have ____.

Joel and Zeus watch a soccer game between team A and team B on T.V.Team A wins the match and Zeus exclaims,"I knew team A would win this match!" According to the biases and heuristics in decision making,it can be concluded that Zeus is employing _____ in this scenario.

Compare and contrast between the human brain and a computer.

Discuss the prototype model.

Veronica has to cook dinner for 30 people this Saturday.Moreover,her apartment is a mess,and she has nothing suitable to wear for the party.Hence,she decides to do her laundry on Thursday night,buy the groceries on Friday,clean the apartment on Saturday morning,and cook dinner by Saturday evening.This process of defining intermediate problems is known as:

Because humans are prewired to acquire language,it can be learned in a social vacuum.

Nicole's theory that children with autism are creative,based on her observation of a specific group of children with autism,is an example of deductive reasoning.

According to Gardner's multiple intelligences,which of the following intelligences would be LEAST important for a car salesperson?

Charlotte,a three-year-old girl,learns that a doll is an object with which she can play alone or with her friends.Which of the following characteristics of concepts has been illustrated in this scenario?

According to Ellen Langer,an individual's routine of engaging in meditation every morning is an example of _____.

According to Gardner's multiple intelligences,which of the following frames of mind describes the ability to think three-dimensionally?