Exam 7: Thought, Language, and Intelligence

Lilly is only 18 months of age. She has started to put two or three words together to communicate with her mother. This morning she said "more nana" to indicate that she wanted to eat more of a banana. Lilly is

The last house that Ezra and Shelley saw in the neighborhood where they want to live was listed at $650,000. They now see a house that is similar, and they are surprised that it is on sale for $400,000. Their expectation that it would be higher since it is in the same neighborhood was due to the ________ heuristic.

Group differences in IQ scores can be attributed to nongenetic factors. All of the following are noted as significant environmental influences except

Which of the following statements is false ?

A member of a natural concept that possesses all or most of its characteristic features is called a(n)________.

Morgan was adopted as a newborn and has always lived with his adoptive family. Now, at age twenty, he discovers that he has an identical twin brother. According to research, Morgan's IQ score will be most similar to his

If intelligence were determined solely by heredity, the correlation of the IQ scores of identical twins would be

Dora is trying to decide whether to buy the regular laundry detergent or one that is environmentally safe. When evaluating these options, Dora hopes to make the best choice in order to maximize the __________ of her decision.

How would you decide if someone were creative? Describe the attributes you would expect a creative person to possess, based on the research findings on creativity, and describe ways to measure creativity.

James spent months developing a theory of decision making. But in an experimental test, only half of the participants responded as his theory predicted. James concludes that the rest of the subjects did not understand the directions and proclaims that the experiment is evidence in favor of his theory. This is an example of the

Ashley learned that if her car did not start on the first try, pressing the gas pedal before trying to start it again got the car to work. The next time Ashley's car did not start, she tried pressing the gas pedal, but this did not work. She concluded that her car needed repairs and did not notice that she was simply out of gas. Ashley was experiencing

Kevin just read an authoritative study that shows that a stock's current price on the stock market is completely unrelated to its previous price. In other words, if a stock does well one week, it may or may not do well the next week. However, Kevin still only wants to sell stocks of his whose price increased over the last several weeks because he thinks they are more likely to reverse themselves the next week. Kevin is guilty of

The field of study that seeks to program computers to think, and to imitate and understand the products of human perception, is known as

Lashonna has gone to Benny's for breakfast many times. She knows that when you walk in, you should wait to be seated, and that once you are seated, the server will bring you menus and later come back to take your order. Lashonna has a(n)__________ that helps her know what she should do when she goes to eat at Benny's.

According to the textbook, most psychologists agree that the definition of intelligence includes all of the following except the ability to

Dr. Sandifer administers her test to a large group of high school seniors. She then administers the same test two weeks later to the same group and finds a high correlation between the first and second scores. This means that her test

Aileen has done poorly on traditional IQ (analytic)tests but claims such tests should not be used for personnel selection purposes. If she based her argument on Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, her rationale might include all of the following points except

When asked why she decided to attend the University of Illinois over all the other Big Ten schools, Dornita said that the school's proximity to home was a major reason. The importance Dornita places on proximity is called

Buffy and Angel are given problems to solve. Buffy's problem is to list as many uses as possible for bubble gum, while Angel's problem is to figure out the correct answer to a riddle. Buffy's problem involves __________ thinking, while Angel's problem involves __________ thinking.

Even though she got all three extra credit questions right on the exam and, as such, earned three bonus points, Shatrice is still very irritated that she lost three points for making a silly mistake on an essay question. The fact that the loss and gain did not create an emotional "balance" for Shatrice is explained by the concept of