Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

What type of thinking could be described as taking different directions in search of a variety of answers to a question?

The practical aspects of communicating with others, or the social "niceties" of language, are referred to as ________.

The term Terman's Termites refers to __________.

Which of the following is suggested by your authors as helping to substantially improve cognitive health?

According to famed linguist Noam Chomsky, humans have an innate ability to understand and produce language through a device he called ________.

The first true longitudinal study of the effects of giftedness on social success was conducted by ________.

Which example would most people take longest to identify as a fruit (even though it technically is a fruit)?

Agatha Harkness-Smythe is determined to ban guns in the United States. This is a controversial topic and social scientists have debated whether the ownership of guns by citizens increases or decreases crime. Agatha could go to the library and look up studies on the linkage between guns and crime rates. Instead, Agatha just reads the local newspaper and only cuts out articles about robberies in which the "bad guy" used a firearm. Agatha is demonstrating ________.

On a newly developed IQ test, an individual scores at the 110 level on the first half of the test, and 150 on the second half of the test. What does this test appear to lack?

A group of psychologists reviews the literature on the heritability of intelligence. They conclude that most of the estimates indicate that ________ percent of intelligence is due to genetics.

Coming up with as many different uses of a brick as possible, such as using them for doorstops, is a type of ________ thinking.

In Kosslyn's "imaginary island" study, researchers found that it does take longer to view a mental image that _____________.

The correct formula for determining IQ as used in Terman’s development of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test was ________.

The system of rules for combining words and phrases to make correct sentences is called ________.

The basic sound units of any language are called __________.

A person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point. The person is engaging in ________.

The sentence, "Colorless ideas sleep furiously" has ________.

Compared to formal concepts learned in science and math, natural concepts tend to be ________.

What term do psychologists use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our belief and to ignore evidence that might disprove it?

__________ percent of the population has IQ scores between 70 and 130.