Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Which concept is NOT one of the major contextual factors that often causes us to stray from reason when solving problems?

The _____ theory of language suggests that children learn language through the process of hearing others speak it.

Tiffany is the chairperson of a party that is extremely on one side of the political spectrum. Jil is also politically engaged but is more in the center of the political spectrum. Consistent with research findings about the correlation between intelligence and a range of real-world outcomes, what could we predict about Tiffany and Jil?

Functional fixedness is defined as:

Which statement about giftedness is FALSE?

When three students are asked to give an example of a concept, Jules's example of a concept is held together by similar characteristics, Alex's example is held together by the same purpose, and Brody's example is held together by the connection between people or things. Jules, Alex, and Brody provide examples that are _____-based, _____-based, and _____-based, respectively.

Overestimation of the expected length of the feeling produced by the outcome of a decision is called the:

Academic intelligence is to book smarts as _____ intelligence is to street smarts.

_____ is language that relies on implications and inferences rather than direct statements.

Someone who supports the notion that abortion should be legal often describes themselves as pro-choice rather than pro-abortion. This is BEST described as an example of:

Moira ate only half of her hamburger and would like to take the rest of it home. Her waiter informs her, though, that the restaurant is currently out of take-away boxes. Moira is frustrated that she can't take her leftovers home, but then she comes up with the idea to wrap her burger in some notebook paper she has in her backpack and put the burger in her pencil case. Moira has demonstrated an ability to overcome:

When revealing his favorite food to others, Bryan says, "My favorite food is pizza" rather than "Pizza is my food favorite." Bryan's sentence structure demonstrates his understanding of _____ in the English language.

The rules by which you extract meaning from words and sentences is called:

Dr. Sluzala is a cognitive psychologist. Which topic does he MOST likely focus on?

Describe the ways in which divergent thinking versus convergent thinking are said to facilitate or hinder creativity. How is creativity related to overcoming functional fixedness, and what are three examples of someone doing so?

_____ is what your brain does with information, including understanding, organizing, analyzing, and communicating it.

A research study compared speakers of German and Spanish, two languages where most nouns are considered either feminine or masculine. When asked to describe the word "bridge" (which is feminine in German and masculine in Spanish), Germans tended to describe bridges with adjectives like beautiful, elegant, and fragile, whereas Spanish speakers tended to describe bridges as strong, sturdy, and dangerous. These results provide evidence in support of:

A heuristic is:

Which statement about the evolution of language is FALSE?

Angie did not score well on her first exam in Biology, and she started considering quitting school. Instead of quitting right away, though, she gives herself some time to consider all the pros and cons of being a student, what her parents would think, and what she could do instead of going to school. Angie is demonstrating: