Exam 8: Thinking, Language and Intelligence

John fell off his bike without a helmet and injured his frontal lobes.If he were to take an IQ test, what aspect would be found to be impaired?

Which one of the following findings is the best evidence that genetics plays an important role in determining intelligence?

Shannon and Sayid go out for coffee.He holds the door for her, pulls out her chair, and takes the check.He is very confused when she becomes irritable with him for doing these things.You could help him understand Shannon's reactions by explaining that they probably have conflicting for a man and woman going out.

Josh was trying to decide which of two people to hire for a job.A colleague told him a story about her parents deciding to get two cats when they could not decide which one to buy.Josh recognized that hiring both people would solve his problem as well.Josh has

Daniel plans to attend engineering school and later create and manage his own engineering start-up.Which of Sternberg's multiple intelligences will he need to be a good engineering student? Which will he need to become a successful entrepreneur?

The type of schema that helps us understand how a series of events progress in a situation is

If a child is using telegraphic speech, he will

Your friend wants to make a bet with you, and he gives you two options.If you choose Option 1, you will have an 80 percent chance of winning $100, but a 20 percent chance of losing $100.If you choose Option 2, you are guaranteed to win $5.If you are like most people when it comes to making decisions, you would probably choose because of .

A problem with schemas is that they can easily

The average adult knows about

The Stanford-Binet IQ test assesses the difference between which two factors?

Damasio's theory of somatic markers has the most in common with which of the following concepts?

If people cannot restructure a problem that they are having trouble solving, they could try the easier approach of finding an)

A picture of a carrot is an example of an) representation; the word carrot is an) representation.

Chomsky has argued that children

What is the paradox of choice?

Until about 6 months of age, a baby

Your best strategy would be to use a heuristic if is most important; your best strategy would be to use an algorithm if is most important.

If companies want to encourage people to stay in the workforce as they age, they can create jobs that involve more use of and less use of .

Nkeis decides to buy a small car because it is good for the environment.When she goes to look at small cars, she is surprised that they come in luxury versions because she expected them to be very basic and uncomfortable.Nkeis has been using