Exam 7: Memory

Thinking in the service of a goal is called:

Formal concepts are also called artificial concepts.

Dyslexia reflects atypical connections in the _____ cortex.

_____ is defined as a sudden understanding of a problem's solution.

Which component of language is correctly matched with its usual representation in written language?

Suppose a researcher uses strong magnets to track changes in blood oxygen levels across the brain when participants are viewing a scene and also when they are imagining the scene. Which device is the researcher MOST likely using?

The classic study of mental rotation was conducted by:

The "cognitive revolution" in psychology began in the:

The textbook relates the story of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, a Harvard neuroscientist who suffered a stroke. The stroke affected her _____ lobe, a brain region associated with processing emotions, making plans, and controlling impulses.

Suppose a researcher uses strong magnets to track changes in blood oxygen levels across the brain when participants are viewing a scene and also when they are imagining the scene. The ______ variable in this study is ______.

Bilingual children even as young as 7 months of age show an executive control advantage over monolingual children.

Support this statement using empirical data: The discrepancy in IQ scores between whites and blacks in the United States has nothing to do with race.

Dr. Feng devises a questionnaire to measure adults' extraversion, a stable personality trait. Dr. Feng computes the questionnaire scores of a large sample of adults. Six months later, he gives the same sample the same test. The correlation between the two sets of scores is .10. What can one conclude regarding Dr. Feng's test?

Angie is computing the correlation between the intelligence test scores and the household incomes of a large sample of American adults. Angie should find a ____ correlation.

Early theorists such as Spearman argued that g represented basic intelligence. According to these theorists, individuals high in g probably excel at:

Based on the textbook's discussion, phonology is the study of:

"I need some Palmolive," Loretta remarks upon entering a large, unfamiliar discount store. "Excuse me. Could you point me to the dish liquid?" her friend asks a nearby sales associate. "Aisle 9, in household cleaners," the associate responds. Loretta referred to the _____ level in the concept hierarchy. Her friend referenced the _____ level. The associate identified the _____ level.

"I adopted a third cat," Leonie reports. "Is it another Siamese?" Salvatore asks. With respect to the concept hierarchy, Leonie made reference to the _____, whereas Salvatore referred to the _____ level.

The ability to construct valuable results in innovative ways is known as:

Cognition was relatively neglected in psychology: