Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Sally is enrolled in a high school geometry course, which she describes as "drawing figures and figuring drawings." In a typical class, students draw geometric figures and use a formula to calculate an aspect of the figure, such as its area. Each time Sally uses a formula, she is making use of what psychologists call ________.

The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called ________.

Which of these might be an example of a perceptual reasoning item on the Wechsler intelligence tests?

Beliefs that being gifted or a genius lead to being weird, socially awkward, or more likely to suffer from mental illnesses, were put to rest by ________.

Concepts are ideas that represent ________.

Because of the need to measure the IQ of people of varying ages, newer IQ tests base their evaluation of IQ on ________.

Which type of intelligence, according to Howard Gardner, would most likely be present in farmers, landscapers, and biologists?

Research suggests we engage mental images in our mind ____________ the way we engage or interact with physical objects.

Laboratory experiments suggest that animals have __________.

A seemingly arbitrary flash "out of the blue," through which the solution to a problem suddenly becomes apparent to you, but you do not consciously know how you "figured it out," is called ________.

A seemingly arbitrary flash "out of the blue," through which the solution to a problem suddenly becomes apparent to you, but you do not consciously know how you "figured it out," is called ______.

When people are asked to say how many windows they have in their dwelling, the amount of time people take to come up with the answer ________.

What percentage of the population is described as gifted, according to IQ standards?

Discuss how heredity is related to intelligence and IQ scores. What is the controversy about the role of race and ethnicity in IQ and intelligence? Evaluate the claims of those who think race is related to IQ and intelligence.

What was the original purpose of the first well established test of intelligence?

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

What are the smallest units of meaning in a language?

Which of the following tests came first?

Riley has figured out how to unlock his bedroom door with a paper clip. What has he most likely overcome in his new use of the paper clip?

What systematic problem-solving method guarantees a solution, provided that one exists?