Exam 9: Language and Thinking

As an expert chef, Ben knows exactly how to make the best dish using whatever ingredients are available to him. Ben has a vast storage of knowledge that he has organized in his memory that enables him to quickly solve any cooking dilemma he might be faced with. This knowledge is organized in _.

Evolutionary theorists suggest that language evolved to help individuals:

Your best friend's young daughter has just started to speak using telegraphic speech. What would you expect to be in these communications?

It is assumed that the availability heuristic sometimes results in inaccurate judgments by leading people to confuse probability judgments with how easy it is to call up information from memory.

On a recent vacation to Toronto, Kent and Linda decided not to go up to the observation deck at the top of the CN Tower (one of the tallest structures in the world) because they quickly remembered the events of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre Towers in New York. Kent and Linda's decision best demonstrates an example of:

Cara is terrible at remembering numbers so whenever someone gives her their phone number she makes a point of writing it down as she does not trust her ability to remember the number. This awareness is an example of:

You have a bag of walnuts, but unfortunately, no nutcracker. Suddenly, you realize that the brick on the floor could be used to open the walnuts so you use it. You have just avoided the problem of

Consider the following sentence: "Flying planes can be dangerous". This sentence

Sarah remarks, "It is cold in here, isn't it?" hoping Martha will close the window. Instead Martha comments, "No I don't think so" This is a breakdown in what area of language?

Which of the following is NOT considered a basic property of language?

The following two sentences: "The cat was chased by the dog" and "The dog chased the cat," have

You are trying to imagine how you are going to toss your keys across the crowded room to your friend. This is an example of

Using phonemes to build morphemes to create words reflects what type of approach to understanding language?

When learning to speak another language, it can be difficult to hear the individual words in a native speakers' utterance. This is a problem with:

Which of the following does NOT aid students in judging metacomprehension and enhancing academic performance?

Which of the following is a hallmark of creativity?

A script is an example of:

Research on mental rotation has found that the greater the degree of rotation, the less time it takes to judge if two shapes are the same.

Formulas such as the one used to determine the lengths of the sides of a right triangle (a2 + b2 = c2) are considered to be examples of algorithms, while problem-solving techniques such as means-ends analysis are considered to be _.

Before they ran any actual experiments, Darley and Latané based the development of their theory of diffusion of responsibility on the highly publicized murder of Kitty Genovese and a few other similar instances. This would represent an instance where science is utilizing reasoning.