Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Apply Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences to your own life. Describe and provide examples of the intelligences that you believe you possess in the highest degrees. Also discuss the intelligences that you possess in lesser degrees. Be sure to mention all nine intelligences.

Brad tends to overreact when in conversations with his friends. His closest friends understand how Brad can be quite sensitive, and often say to him, "Come on, don't make a mountain out of a molehill!" Brad's friends are using _____ to point out when he is making a big deal about nothing.

According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, _____ intelligence relates to academic success, whereas _____ intelligence relates more to nonacademic ability.

An example of a phoneme is:

You are going on vacation in a couple of weeks and are in need of a pet-sitter. You see your neighbor outside and decide to ask her for this favor. However, as soon as you approach her, you can tell that she has had a really bad day. You engage in conversation and let her talk about what's bothering her. After an hour, she seems less stressed, but you decide to wait a few days to ask her about pet-sitting. Your _____ is what MOST likely helped you achieve the best outcome in this situation.

An example of reliability is:

The term _____ refers to a mental representation of a category of similar things, actions, or people.

The hierarchical model of intelligence suggests that:

_____ refers to the rules by which words are put together in a certain order to make statements that are understandable to others.

Which statement about the Wechsler Intelligence Tests is FALSE?

An example of functional fixedness is:

Which statement about intelligence tests professionally administered by psychologists is TRUE?

Which type of intelligence is NOT one proposed by experts who argue that Gardner's view of multiple intelligences is too limited?

Nathan is taking an intelligence test at school and is surprised to find that there are no words involved. Even the instructions are given with hand gestures, and he had to respond by pointing to answers or arranging items in particular ways. It is likely that Nathan is taking:

The ability to sense and manage your own feelings as well as those of others is called _____ intelligence.

What kinds of items would culture-fair intelligence tests MOST likely include?

Cattell argued that general intelligence is made up of which two primary specific intelligences?

Dr. Turner studies problem solving, and he focuses on problems that people solve using formula-like methods. Dr. Turner MOST likely studies:

Haruto is from Japan and Filip is from Poland. According to research on the influence of culture on concept formation, it is MOST likely that Filip would tend to take a more _____ approach to organizing items into concepts than Haruto would.

Which is the BEST example of decision making, as opposed to problem solving?