Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Which of the following is an example of a lower-order concept?

The Flynn Effect refers to the increase in IQ scores over the years, and it may be due to _____.

When you use a knife as a screwdriver, you have _____.

Describe the WAIS and its subsets, providing an example of a test item from each subset.

The statement, "Creative people buy low and sell high in the market of ideas" is most associated with _____.

Artificial concepts would be most likely used by which of the following?

A child just beginning to produce vowel sounds would be exemplifying _____, and a child emitting all the sounds of human speech would be exemplifying_____.

Which of the following statements is an example of how the WAIS differs from the Stanford Binet?

Which of the following is a trait of a creative person?

Emotionally intelligent people successfully combine the three components of emotions, ______.

The test-retest and split-half methods are used to determine a test's _____.

Elise wants to get an apple off of a tree, but realizes that she can't because she only has a baseball bat with her, rather than a ladder or step stool. The fact that Elise believes that the baseball bat can only be used to play baseball is an example of ______________.

Function morphemes consist of _______.

Who is likely to be more similar in intelligence?

Define creativity and describe the three elements of creative thinking. Describe Sternberg and Lubart's investment theory of creativity and the six resources they considered to be necessary for creative thinking.

Which of the following is an example of a basic-level concept?

According to investment theory, which of the following is a resource associated with creative people?

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

Describe the eight responses from psychologists regarding the debate about genetic factors being the cause of ethnic differences in IQ scores.

If you work in an environment in which you feel that you will be punished for creative ideas, it is unlikely that you will attempt to be creative. You lack the resources of _____.