Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

A kind of schema that involves a familiar sequence of activities, such as how to behave when you go to a restaurant for lunch, is called a(n) __________.

Isabel is described as being tactful and able to manipulate situations to her advantage. She is probably high in __________ intelligence.

Laboratory experiments suggest that animals have __________.

When you took your college entrance exam, students across the country took the same test at the same time with the same instructions. What characteristic of a good psychological test do these similarities reflect?

The sounds of "t," "th," and "sh" are __________.

Language is based on sound units called morphemes.

The trial-and-error method of solving problems is also known as the __________.

What is thinking?

Researchers have found that __________ influenced by culture.

In school, you may have learned the rule of how to determine the area of a circle. The formula was πR2. This formula always guarantees a solution and that you will be able to determine the area. Thus, the formula is an example of an algorithm.

The smallest meaningful units in a language are __________.

__________ intelligence has been suggested by Goleman to be a more powerful influence on life than more traditional views of intelligence, even though this claim has not been fully supported by extensive research.

Culture-fair tests attempt to measure __________.

Every time he loses his wallet, Hakeem cannot stop checking the back pocket of the pants he is wearing. He knows the wallet is not there, and yet he continues to put his hand in the pocket to check just "one more time." This tendency to try to solve problems in the same way every time is called __________.

According to Sternberg, intelligence comprises analytical, creative, and __________ aspects.

The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called __________.

What do we call the hypothesis that language influences what we think?

A test is said to be reliable if __________.

Many items on a "culture-fair" test require the use of __________.

__________ intelligence has been suggested by Goleman to be a more powerful influence in life than more traditional views of intelligence, even though this claim has not been fully supported by extensive research.