Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Standardization refers to the process of giving a test to a group of people that represents the target individuals for whom that test is intended.

A seemingly arbitrary flash "out of the blue," through which the solution to a problem suddenly becomes apparent to you, but you do not consciously know how you "figured it out," is called __________.

All parents think their little kids are geniuses. However, to be classified as a genius, the IQ score must be above __________.

Park has found that her patient, Ye-Jun, has a defect in a gene on the X chromosome of his 23rd pair, resulting in a deficiency of a protein needed for brain development. Ye-Jun most likely suffers from __________.

What percentage of the population has an intelligence quotient below 100?

Compared to formal concepts learned in science and math, natural concepts tend to be __________.

What did Terman's groundbreaking study of gifted children accomplish?

The term Terman's Termites refers to __________.

The sentence "Colorless ideas sleep furiously" has __________.

Which of the following questions would be more likely to produce divergent thinking?

Let's say we could teach a dolphin to understand the difference between the sentences "The parrot kissed the dolphin" and "The dolphin kissed the parrot." If this were demonstrated, it might mean the dolphin had an understanding of __________.

Which of the following statements about gifted people is TRUE?

Charles Spearman believed that intelligence is composed of two specific abilities-__________.

Which of the following is one of the animals that has been taught to use language with some success?

It would take the same amount of time to correctly identify an olive as a fruit as it would to correctly identify an apple as a fruit.

A person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point. The person is engaging in __________ thinking.

Harry is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 10 years. His IQ would be __________.

The term Terman's Termites refers to __________.

What term do psychologists use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our belief and to ignore evidence that might disprove it?

Which research extended the theory of Cattell and Horn by proposing a three-tiered hierarchical model of cognitive abilities that fit neatly with the concepts of crystallized and fluid intelligence?