Exam 9: Language and Thinking

Experts can solve problems in their field of expertise quickly, because they rely on __________ that are stored in _________ memory.

If I were to ask you what it means to do the laundry, you might say, "Gather the dirty clothes, sort them into piles, put the same colours in the washer, add detergent, and turn on the machine." Your understanding of this task can be referred to as

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 __________.

Procedures or formulas that, if used correctly, always lead to correct solutions are called algorithms.

What factors affect the learning of a second language and its effects on thinking?

Identify the deep structure in the statement, "That's like finding a needle in a haystack."

When asked to rate how confident one is in the accuracy of their factual knowledge, beliefs, and predictions, most people ________.

Discuss some factors that inhibit and facilitate creative problem solving.

Your trip to Spain was great. When you think about it, you can clearly see the water and the beaches as if they were pictures. This type of thinking is known as

The surface structure consists of the way symbols are combined within a given language.

What did the research by Perani and her co-workers find about the patterns of brain activated in bilinguals who learned their languages before versus after the age of 10?

Which of the following was not a benefit of bilingualism suggested by research discussed in your textbook?

Brain imaging studies show that many brain regions that are active when people perceive real objects __________ when people form mental images of those objects.

When using means-ends analysis, and intermediate steps toward a solution are formulated, we often utilize another heuristic called __________.

An acquaintance of yours has suffered a stroke and as a result, the person can no longer produce meaningful speech. Research suggests that which of the following is most likely? Your acquaintance is ________.

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

Bilingual children perform better than monolingual children on perceptual tasks that involve ignoring some features of objects (such as colour) and selectively focusing on other features (such as shape). This difference may appear because ________.

A script is an example of

Noam Chomsky proposed that all humans are born with an innate biological mechanism that contains the grammatical rules common to all languages.

Theide and Anderson found in their research on metacomprehension in undergraduates, that students who wrote a delayed summary were both better able to assess their comprehension of the material and recall it on a test.