Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

_____ are to sounds as _____ are to meaning.

_____ is an early stage of speech development during which a baby vocalizes a wide variety of nonword sounds.

An example of Type 1 thinking is:

Which way of speaking is NOT commonly known as "baby talk"?

Which statement about reliability and validity falls short of meeting high professional standards for tests?

When asked what a plastic gallon jug could be used for, what would a convergent thinker MOST likely reply?

According to the social-pragmatic theory of language development, which method of reading picture books to a young child would LEAST likely improve that child's use of language?

Judah is asked to think of a video game. Instead of thinking of any specific one, Judah combines examples of various kinds of video games. The abstract blend of games that Judah forms in his mind is called a(n):

When intelligence scores of the population are graphed, the resulting graph is in the form of a:

Only thinking about how an object is most typically used rather than other possible uses is called:

Define linguistic relativity. Provide two examples that support and two that oppose its claim.

Which statement about affective forecasting is FALSE?

According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, a professional ballerina would MOST likely excel at _____ intelligence, while a world-renowned philosopher would MOST likely excel at _____ intelligence.

Which statement is NOT an example of affective forecasting?

Describe each of the six stages of a child's language development, from parentese to indirect language, and provide an example for each stage.

Janis thinks her cat is the most special cat in the entire world. Her friend, Sammie (who happens not to be very fond of cats), says that all cats are "a dime a dozen." Sammie is using _____ to suggest that Janis's cat isn't very special.

Sam receives an e-mail invitation to interview for a job at an engineering firm. When she arrives, she is struck by the very male-dominated culture. Sam begins to wonder whether it was originally assumed that she was a male candidate. Prior to taking a Wechsler intelligence test that they administer to all job candidates, Sam overhears someone whisper, "No woman has ever scored high on this test here before." Although Sam is highly intelligent and wanted the job, what is the MOST likely explanation for her poor test performance that day?

_____ is what MOST likely plays a role in the acceptance of the "fake news" that fills social media feeds, and the rejection of fact-checkers who refute it, when it validates what was originally believed.

Which statement about the development of a child's language abilities is TRUE?

The most basic components of grammar are called: