Exam 9: Language and Thinking

If you supported a strong genetic basis for language acquisition, you would most likely believe that humans have a

Jorge is thinking about all of the things he can do when solving a problem. He knows that he has a good memory, can use deductive reasoning, avoids functional fixedness, etc. For Jorge, his thoughts reflect his use of

Let's say that I ask you to tell me what you are going to do this summer. You say that you plan to take a trip to Europe. What property of language does your description of your plans illustrate?

The fact that children in all cultures are able to master the rules of language relatively early in life without formal instruction was discussed as evidence indicating that:

You are trying to unscrew the battery cover on your alarm clock, but you do not have a screwdriver. If you realize that a dime can be used as a screwdriver and then use it, you have avoided the problem of

Infants learn to discriminate more and more phonemes as they get older.

A Canadian family with two children (a boy and a girl) moves to Germany where both of the children must learn a new language. The girl is 6 years old while the boy is 13 years old. Based on the results on the acquisition of a second language, we would expect that:

For a given field, experts differ from novices in that:

The finding that how information is structured and presented can influence the types of judgments individuals make illustrates the importance of on reasoning.

Suzanne has been trying to come up with a solution to a problem for a few weeks now with no luck. So she decides to stop working on it for a while and come back to it in a few days. Suzanne is using the strategy of

Based on research in communication, which of the following is evidence disputing the position that animals exhibit true language?

Your awareness and understanding of your own cognitive abilities is known as:

Two types of metacognition are metacomprehension and metamemory.

Which of the following questions would an individual typically be able to answer the quickest?

All of the following were discussed as factors that can interfere with the correct application of deductive reasoning EXCEPT:

Josh really wants to lose about 30 pounds. So he figures out that all he needs to do is lose a pound a day for a month and he'll be there. Josh has just engaged in

Charlotte had seen many beautiful diamonds before but she had never seen a purple diamond. Therefore Charlotte reasoned that purple diamonds do not exist. Charlotte's reasoning may be in error because it leads to a likelihood rather than a certainty. This is called reasoning.

The essential properties that define this ability are that it is symbolic, has structure, conveys meaning and is generative. This ability is:

Harry makes a statement to a group of friends that, "people who drive red cars get more speeding tickets". The group agrees with the statement because a member of the group, "Jim", drives a red car and frequently gets speeding tickets. This is an example of making a decision based on

According to Tversky and Kahneman, the errors in logic that occurred in response to the "Linda the feminist bank teller" problem (where participants think it is more likely that Linda is a feminist bank teller than simply a bank teller) are due to the fact that they confused: