Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Toby is a cheese connoisseur. Compared to her friends who do not share the same level of expertise in cheese, "medium-hard cheese" would likely be a _____ concept for Toby that contains the _____ concept of "Gruyère."

Kasey recently took the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), and she remembers certain questions that seemed to test her ability to hold, manipulate, and retrieve information from short-term memory. These questions were designed to assess Kasey's:

An example of using language is:

Raj travels regularly for both work and leisure. He successfully negotiates business deals with corporate partners in both Western and non-Western parts of the world. Raj also has many friends across the globe. Which type of intelligence might BEST explain Raj's success in his business and personal life?

The _____ theory of language development asserts that the ability to use language is inborn.

Define creativity. Describe two ways in which culture can influence it, and explain the rationale behind or limitations to the data supporting these influences.

A concept is BEST defined as a(n):

The nativist theory of language development suggests that:

According to James Cattell, _____ intelligence(s) is the ability to solve new problems, whereas _____ intelligence(s) is stored knowledge.

Kahla is a junior in high school who scores very high on an intelligence test. Statistically speaking, it can be expected that Kahla will MOST likely:

Which statement about the hierarchical model of intelligence is FALSE?

After taking an intelligence test, Tyrone is informed that he has an IQ of 145. What can be concluded based on Tyrone's IQ score?

An example supporting the notion of specific intelligences is a(n):

Riley is 4 months old. In terms of language development, research suggests that she will learn the most from:

Why do more recently created culture-fair intelligence tests minimize the use of words?

Research on the development of sign language among children who are born deaf provides supporting evidence for which theory of language development?

Taryn takes the Stanford-Binet test at her elementary school and scores a 142 on it. She is subsequently placed into a program with just a few other kids at her school where they participate in activities that are cognitively engaging and challenging. It is likely that Taryn is now part of a program for children with:

The intelligence quotient (IQ) is:

An example of a morpheme is:

Binh is from Vietnam and Adalberto is from Portugal. They are asked to group a picture of a dog with either the family that owns it or with other four-legged animals. According to research on the influence of culture on concept formation, it is MOST likely that: