Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Estimating the probability of something based on how well the circumstances match your prototype for that event or object is called _____.

Simple rules used in problem-solving that do not guarantee a solution but offer a likely shortcut to it, are called _____.

When learning a new concept, children are most likely to learn the basic level or _____ first.

People with IQs between 40 and 70 who demonstrate exceptional skill or brilliance in areas such as rapid calculations, art, or musical ability are called _____.

This is a measure of a test's ability to measure what it is designed to measure.

Contrast the algorithm and heuristic as problem solving methods. Provide an example of both methods to solve the problem of finding your car keys.

_____ is the ability to produce valuable outcomes in a novel way.

Professor Wahl's counseling class is engaged in small-group generation of possible solutions for helping low-income families get the counseling they need. This class is in the _____ stage of problem-solving.

Rosa is shopping in a new supermarket and wants to find a specific type of mustard. Which problem-solving strategy would be most efficient?

To the delight of her parents, Mosee has just begun to produce vowel sounds known as _____, while Farina is delighting her parents by emitting all the sounds of human speech, which is called _____.

A child who calls any man with a moustache "daddy" is demonstrating the principle of _____.

People with an intellectual disability who demonstrate exceptional ability or brilliance in some specific areas are called _____.

Research indicates _____ can communicate using hand signals/sign language.

The tendency to seek out and pay attention only to information that confirms preexisting beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence is called _____.

Means-end analysis, working backward, and creating subgoals are _____.

By age five, most children _____.

Two- and three-word sentences that contain only the most necessary words are called _____.

The brains of more intelligent people use fewer _____ to solve problems than a less efficient brain.

_____ says that intelligence is composed of analytic, creative, and practical intelligence.

Discuss the "data" for and against the belief that nonhuman animals can be taught to use language.