Exam 8: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Bonnie and Clyde have decided to purchase a new entertainment center. Because this will be a major financial investment, they spend a lot of time researching their options. You, a psychology student, advise them to distract themselves with an alternate activity before they come to any purchase decisions. Is this really good advice?

A mindful person is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT that he/she

Reliability is the extent to which a test measures what it is intended to measure.

Who would benefit the most from making subgoals?

Who is LEAST likely to exhibit mindfulness as part of their regular job responsibilities?

The batting averages of major league baseball players have shown a steady increase over the last thirty years. This parallels which observation made from the world of intelligence testing?

By definition, people who are gifted have

Sam manages a fast-food restaurant. He is frustrated because employees often call in sick at the last minute before they are supposed to start their shift. Given that Sam recognizes this problem, what should he do next?

Whenever scientists use theories and intuitions to make specific predictions and then evaluate their predictions by making further observations, ________ is at work.

________ thinking is best when a problem has only one right answer.

When developing the Binet Intelligence Test, it was assumed that mentally retarded children would perform like normal children of a younger age.

Dan is at an international food fest with his fraternity brother, Abayomi. When Dan is served a dish of Mopane worm stew, Abayomi tells him reassuringly, "That's good food!" Given that Dan understands the concept of food, Dan knows that

The prototype model is used when people evaluate whether a given item reflects a certain concept.

Being receptive to other ways of looking at things is best described as

Because humans are pre-wired to acquire language, it can be learned in a social vacuum.

The bicycle talked the boy into buying a candy bar. This sentence is

Compare and contrast the human brain with a computer.

You have to cook dinner for 30 people on Saturday of this coming weekend. Your apartment is a mess, and you have nothing to wear. You decide to do your laundry Thursday night, buy the groceries on Friday, clean the apartment Saturday morning, and cook the dinner Saturday evening. This process of defining intermediate problems is known as

You have to study four chapters of information for your next test. If you decide to use the problem solving strategy of using subgoals, you must

Cognitive psychologists are interested in examining all of the following except