Exam 7: Memory

Kyana is an excellent salesperson because she can usually find a way of connecting with a potential client. Based on this information, in which kind of intelligence would Gardner expect Kyana to be high?

The correlation between identical twins' IQ scores is:

Insight is associated with increased activity in the frontal and temporal lobes.

Psychologists define _____ as the capacity to solve problems, adapt to the environment, and learn from experience.

A problem's wording or context influences decision making; this is called the representativeness effect.

About 95% of the population has an IQ score between _____ and _____.

Henry's dog, Sparky, has been rolling in the mud. Henry must bathe Sparky before the dog gets mud all over the carpet. However, Henry is unable to find the plug for the tub. Sitting on the counter right beside the tub is a fifty-cent piece. In his frustration, Henry fails to see that the coin could be used as an emergency plug for the tub. What happened to Henry?

Frank lost a contact lens in his kitchen; he searches for it by examining each linoleum tile in turn to see if the lens is contained within the square. Gemma lost a lens in her kitchen; she looks for it near the base of the fridge and around the stove because these are the two appliances she remembers using when she was last in the kitchen. Which of these individuals is using a heuristic?

What is meant by a concept? Define the superordinate, basic, and subordinate levels of concept representation. Provide an example related to a familiar concept for each level.

When one tries to solve a problem, one brings to the situation all sorts of assumptions, habits of mind, and pre-existing knowledge and expectations. All these elements together make up one's usual problem-solving strategy, which is called a(n):

Compared to more typical individuals, the intellectually gifted are characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:

Training and experience can influence the accuracy of auditory imagery.

After a stroke, increased efficiency of synaptic connections can aid recovery by facilitating learning and memory formation. Psychologists use the term _____ to refer to this increase in the efficiency of neural connections.

Consider the concepts "game" and "rational number." Which of these is a formal concept?

One advantage of using heuristics is that heuristics:

The term ______ refers to a measure of the degree to which a characteristic can be attributed to genetic factors.

In written language, letters most closely represent _____, whereas sentences may be said to reflect _____.

As a condition for a test's validity, a test's reliability is:

Victoria demonstrates freedom from functional fixedness when she uses an automatic-drip coffeemaker to cook Ramen noodles.

The practical problem Alfred Binet wanted to solve when he developed his intelligence test was: