Exam 8: Thinking and Intelligence

This concept states that people are not very good at trying to predict how they will feel about something in the future:

Which baby will have the highest IQ?

Ivy and Peng have decided to try the new Thai restaurant.Ivy is glad to go there because she likes all Thai food.Peng is happy to go there because he has eaten in three other Thai restaurants and enjoyed the food.Ivy is using _____ reasoning; Peng is using _____ reasoning.

José,who is 7 years old,takes the Stanford-Binet test and scores at the level of a 9-year-old.José's intelligence quotient would be _____,and José would be considered _____ in intelligence.

In daily life,_____ is more common than _____.

Meagan's economics professor argues that people are optimal decision makers.Her psychology professor argues that people are often irrational decision makers.Her economics professor believes in a _____ model of human decision making; her psychology professor believes in a _____ model.

Johann has an IQ of 104 and Avi has an IQ of 115.Johann has a much higher level of interpersonal intelligence and kinesthetic intelligence than Avi.They are both trying to listen to their psychology lecture at the same time that someone is sitting outside the room playing an iPod loudly.You might expect that Johann will:

When an immigrant group places a high priority on success in school,children in that group routinely have higher levels of achievement in school than their IQ scores would predict.This fact suggests that:

A study used brain imaging on women solving math problems.Group A was reminded that women usually perform poorly in math.Group B was not.The scans of the two groups showed that Group A showed:

If you are choosing among various alternatives by weighing the criteria associated with each,you are engaging in:

Using logic to draw conclusions from general events about specifics is an example of:

One week before my rent is due,I am short $100.Rather than ask my parents for the money,I decide that I will work one weekend for my friend's landscaping company.By doing this,I will then have enough money for rent.This strategy is an example of:

The finding that IQ scores have increased dramatically over the last century is known as:

What is the paradox of choice?

Daniel plans to attend law school and later run for political office.Which of Gardner's multiple intelligences will he need to be a good law student? Which will he need to become a successful politician?

Steve was trying to determine the likelihood that it would rain on Saturday.He was thinking of the fact that it had rained the past three Saturdays in a row.If he uses these memories in making his judgment,he will be using the _____ heuristic.

An important difference between Gardner's multiple intelligences and the use of g in multiple areas is that Gardner's intelligences are defined _____ and the skills associated with general intelligence are defined _____.

Two longtime friends,Joyce and Laurie,want to get back in touch with their childhood friend Rhonda,but they do not know whether she still lives in the area.Joyce randomly selects phone numbers from the local phonebook and asks people if they know Rhonda.Laurie calls numbers listed in the local phonebook for people who have the same last name as Rhonda.Joyce has approached the problem with a trial-and-error approach,whereas Laurie has approached the problem with a(n)_____.

When Mandy and Joe meet,Joe tells her that he loves math and computers and his favorite hobbies have always involved building things.Mandy concludes that Joe must be an engineering student rather than a liberal arts student,even though there are many more liberal arts than engineering students at their school.Mandy is using the _____ heuristic and ignoring _____.

Fatima and Andrew are going to see the third Pirates of the Caribbean movie.Like the first two movies in the series,this one stars Johnny Depp.Fatima wants to see the movie because she has enjoyed other movies starring Johnny Depp.Andrew wants to go because he enjoyed the first two Pirates movies.Fatima is using _____ reasoning; Andrew is using _____ reasoning.