Exam 7: Memory

Mavis has advanced rapidly in the corporate world, despite her middling scores on such tests as the WAIS-IV, the SAT, and GRE. Sternberg would infer that Mavis has high _____ intelligence.

Roger views himself lucky, while his friend Larry views himself unlucky. They each take $100 to a casino and play blackjack for 3 hours. When they leave, they have each lost $20. What does research on the confirmation bias suggest will happen?

"Would you like a beverage? Maybe some tea?" "I could go for cup of Earl Grey." In order, this conversation mentions the _____, _____, and _____ levels of the concept hierarchy, respectively.

With respect to the concept hierarchy, children generally learn to name the _____ level first.

The process of language acquisition is the same for signed language as it is for spoken language.

Zelma is asked to think of all the words she can, beginning with the letters "squ," as in "squeak." Later she is given a fill-in-the-blank task on which one of the items is "s _ _ o n g." Zelma keeps trying to make "squong" a word, and has trouble thinking of the common word "strong." Zelma's ability to solve this problem has been hampered by:

Ashley, a psychology major, remarks that she has become interested in the study of intelligence. Thus, Ashley is interested in:

An event's availability in memory is NOT based on its:

In French, endings such as "-ez" and "-ons" inflect a verb's meaning. They are therefore morphemes.

Consider nonalcoholic beverages. Which alternative correctly matches a level of the concept hierarchy with an example?

Kohler studied insight by observing cats escaping from puzzle boxes.

The IQ of a 6-year-old child with a mental age of 8 is 125.

The _____ level is the broadest or topmost level of the concept hierarchy.

Laverne's scores on different parts of an IQ test are very different from one another. Laverne's profile of scores on the test:

_____ intelligence is one of Gardner's "frames of mind," or forms of intelligence.

The text's discussion of insight suggests that its key characteristic is its:

A number of psychologists have attempted to teach language to nonhuman primates. In most instances, the primates learned many signs or word symbols; they could not, however, communicate about abstract or hypothetical concepts. With respect to the elements of language reviewed in the textbook, the primates mastered _____, but not _____.

Which word BEST captures the meaning of the term "heuristic," as cognitive psychologists use it?

Which item MOST likely makes use of heuristics?

Common heuristics include: