Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The Binet-Simon scale of intelligence yielded a score called the

A psychologist is going to assess several clients' cognitive and reasoning skills. Which assessment technique would yield the least accurate results?

According to Binet, Tom, who is 10 years old, should answer more IQ test questions correctly than

Learning theories of language development emphasize the role of

The learning theory approach to language acquisition has difficulty explaining which one of the following statements?

When a toddler utters "baba," it may mean, "I want my bottle," or "Where is my bottle?" or "I'm hungry." Such utterances are called

A child who is entertained by riddles and jokes is likely how old?

When asked to define the essential features of the category "bird," Jim thinks of a robin or cardinal while describing the class "bird." Jim is using __________ to define the category "bird."

Adoptee studies like the Minnesota studies reported by Scarr and Weinberg suggest __________ on intelligence.

Which of the following choices would be most likely to be found as part of a test of creativity?

Describe and give examples of the milestones seen in language development in childhood.

The linguistic-relativity hypothesis has not been supported by

The sentence "Low-flying airplanes can be dangerous" has a different meaning than "Flying airplanes low can be dangerous." Even though both sentences have the same words, only the order of the words differs. These differences in meaning are the concern of

Experts use parallel processing when solving problems, whereas novices use ______ processing.

The development of prelinguistic vocalizations by infants follows which order?

Ashley has a lot of "book smarts" and does well in school. Robert Sternberg would say that she has good __________ intelligence.

In a debate on welfare reform, the conservative candidate made her presentation, followed by the moderate candidate, and finally the liberal candidate. The candidates made equally strong presentations of their views. A poll of those who watched revealed a tendency to take the position of the conservative candidate more than the others. This outcome may have been due to the __________ heuristic.

The ability to generate solutions to a problem by using objects in a new or novel way is blocked by

The ___________ hypothesis claims that language structures the way we perceive the world.

Tarzan's speech patterns such as "See Jane" and "Boy get" are indicative of a two-year-old's