Question 1

________ thinking occurs during brainstorming.

Accepted Answer

A)  Convergent 
B)  Conceptual 
C)  Automatic 
D)  Divergent 
A)  Convergent 
B)  Conceptual 
C)  Automatic 
D)  Divergent

Question 2

Carlos believes that all of the people from another part of his town are snobs. He believes that the students from this area are rich and spoiled. He is scheduled to perform with some of these students in an all-county musical presentation. If he assumes that these students are also rich and snobby, he is using ________ reasoning.

Accepted Answer

A)  inductive 
B)  functional 
C)  critical 
D)  deductive 
A)  inductive 
B)  functional 
C)  critical 
D)  deductive

Question 3

The new term for "mental retardation" is

Accepted Answer

A)  intellectual disability. 
B)  intellectual difference. 
C)  intellectual exceptionality. 
D)  intellectual digression. 
A)  intellectual disability. 
B)  intellectual difference. 
C)  intellectual exceptionality. 
D)  intellectual digression.

Question 4

IQ test scores are rapidly increasing world-wide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The heritability of intelligence increases from childhood to adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The fact that we hear about airplane crashes on the news more often than we hear about automobile crashes may lead us to believe that we are more likely to die in a plane than a car. This is an example of a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  subgoal strategy. 
B)  simulation heuristic. 
C)  availability heuristic. 
D)  representativeness heuristic. 
A)  subgoal strategy. 
B)  simulation heuristic. 
C)  availability heuristic. 
D)  representativeness heuristic.

Question 7

???________ is a characteristic of good problem solvers.

Accepted Answer

A)  Self doubt 
B)  Humility 
C)  Egocentrism 
D)  Rigidity 
A)  Self doubt 
B)  Humility 
C)  Egocentrism 
D)  Rigidity

Question 8

If Professor Wagner were to build a robot that functions using only automatic processes, we would expect it to make decisions using

Accepted Answer

A)  algorithms. 
B)  functional fixedness. 
C)  heuristics. 
D)  deductive reasoning. 
A)  algorithms. 
B)  functional fixedness. 
C)  heuristics. 
D)  deductive reasoning.

Question 9

Many smokers like to point to the late George Burns, a famous actor who smoked cigars continuously for many years and lived to be nearly a hundred, as evidence that smoking is relatively harmless. These individuals tend to ignore the thousands of people who die every year from lung cancer. They are utilizing

Accepted Answer

A)  the availability heuristic. 
B)  confirmation bias. 
C)  the representativeness heuristic. 
D)  hindsight bias. 
A)  the availability heuristic. 
B)  confirmation bias. 
C)  the representativeness heuristic. 
D)  hindsight bias.

Question 10

Discuss the prototype model and how most individuals use it.

Accepted Answer

The prototype model emphasizes that when

Question 11

A 6-year-old child with a mental age of 6 would have a ratio IQ of

Accepted Answer

A)  90. 
B)  100. 
C)  110. 
D)  120. 
A)  90. 
B)  100. 
C)  110. 
D)  120.

Question 12

An effective way to strategize your organization of subgoals is to

Accepted Answer

A)  work forward in your planning. 
B)  limit your subgoals to three or less. 
C)  create a minimum of six subgoals. 
D)  work backward in your planning. 
A)  work forward in your planning. 
B)  limit your subgoals to three or less. 
C)  create a minimum of six subgoals. 
D)  work backward in your planning.

Question 13

Which of the following represents a practical skill?

Accepted Answer

A)  understanding money 
B)  talking with a neighbor 
C)  obeying the law 
D)  brushing your teeth 
A)  understanding money 
B)  talking with a neighbor 
C)  obeying the law 
D)  brushing your teeth

Question 14

You tell your roommate, "I misplaced my wallet." Your roommate exclaims, "Oh my goodness, you lost your wallet?" You respond, "No, I didn't lose my wallet, I misplaced it." This exchange best demonstrates the ________ aspect of language.

Accepted Answer

A)  morphological 
B)  semantic 
C)  pragmatic 
D)  grammatical 
A)  morphological 
B)  semantic 
C)  pragmatic 
D)  grammatical

Question 15

The word "ckprqpgezxeenfvk" violates English

Accepted Answer

A)  phonology. 
B)  morphology. 
C)  syntax. 
D)  semantics. 
A)  phonology. 
B)  morphology. 
C)  syntax. 
D)  semantics.

Question 16

Jenna believes that language has a biological basis. What support would she find for her views in the research literature?

Accepted Answer

Linguist Noam Chomsky argued that langua

Question 17

Discuss the concepts of reliability and validity as they pertain to psychological testing.

Accepted Answer

Reliability is achieving appro

Question 18

If the sound sequences "walk" and "ing" were combined to make "ingwalk," this would violate English

Accepted Answer

A)  phonology. 
B)  morphology. 
C)  syntax. 
D)  semantics. 
A)  phonology. 
B)  morphology. 
C)  syntax. 
D)  semantics.

Question 19

The current Stanford-Binet intelligence test is used to assess individuals who are 18 years of age or younger.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Ivan has misplaced his keys. If he decides to use an algorithmic approach to find them, he will

Accepted Answer

A)  look in the last place he remembers seeing them. 
B)  check his car first. 
C)  call his wife to get the spare. 
D)  start going through each drawer in his house. 
A)  look in the last place he remembers seeing them. 
B)  check his car first. 
C)  call his wife to get the spare. 
D)  start going through each drawer in his house.

________ thinking occurs during brainstorming.

The new term for "mental retardation" is

IQ test scores are rapidly increasing world-wide.

The heritability of intelligence increases from childhood to adulthood.

The fact that we hear about airplane crashes on the news more often than we hear about automobile crashes may lead us to believe that we are more likely to die in a plane than a car. This is an example of a(n)

???________ is a characteristic of good problem solvers.

If Professor Wagner were to build a robot that functions using only automatic processes, we would expect it to make decisions using

Discuss the prototype model and how most individuals use it.

A 6-year-old child with a mental age of 6 would have a ratio IQ of

An effective way to strategize your organization of subgoals is to

Which of the following represents a practical skill?

You tell your roommate, "I misplaced my wallet." Your roommate exclaims, "Oh my goodness, you lost your wallet?" You respond, "No, I didn't lose my wallet, I misplaced it." This exchange best demonstrates the ________ aspect of language.

The word "ckprqpgezxeenfvk" violates English

Jenna believes that language has a biological basis. What support would she find for her views in the research literature?

Discuss the concepts of reliability and validity as they pertain to psychological testing.

If the sound sequences "walk" and "ing" were combined to make "ingwalk," this would violate English

The current Stanford-Binet intelligence test is used to assess individuals who are 18 years of age or younger.

Ivan has misplaced his keys. If he decides to use an algorithmic approach to find them, he will

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Exam 8: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

________ thinking occurs during brainstorming.

The new term for "mental retardation" is

IQ test scores are rapidly increasing world-wide.

The heritability of intelligence increases from childhood to adulthood.

The fact that we hear about airplane crashes on the news more often than we hear about automobile crashes may lead us to believe that we are more likely to die in a plane than a car. This is an example of a(n)

???________ is a characteristic of good problem solvers.

If Professor Wagner were to build a robot that functions using only automatic processes, we would expect it to make decisions using

Discuss the prototype model and how most individuals use it.

A 6-year-old child with a mental age of 6 would have a ratio IQ of

An effective way to strategize your organization of subgoals is to

Which of the following represents a practical skill?

You tell your roommate, "I misplaced my wallet." Your roommate exclaims, "Oh my goodness, you lost your wallet?" You respond, "No, I didn't lose my wallet, I misplaced it." This exchange best demonstrates the ________ aspect of language.

The word "ckprqpgezxeenfvk" violates English

Jenna believes that language has a biological basis. What support would she find for her views in the research literature?

Discuss the concepts of reliability and validity as they pertain to psychological testing.

If the sound sequences "walk" and "ing" were combined to make "ingwalk," this would violate English

The current Stanford-Binet intelligence test is used to assess individuals who are 18 years of age or younger.

Ivan has misplaced his keys. If he decides to use an algorithmic approach to find them, he will

Science of Psychology

Psychologys Scientific Method

Biological Foundations of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

States of Conciousness

Learning

Memory

Human Development

Motivation and Emotion

Gender, Sex, and Sexuality

Personality

Social Psychology

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Psychological Disorders

Therapies

Health Psychology

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