Exam 8: Cognition, language, and Intelligence

 If you have a quick reaction time and superior eyesight,Sir Francis Galton would have assumed that you ____. 

 Mental images of the world around us seem to consist primarily of both ____.​ 

 Describe the stages that infants and children go through as they learn language.

 Which of the following is a morpheme in the English language?​ 

 You are attending a conference where most of the people in attendance are college students just like you.While there,you meet Frida.Frida is 45 years old.She is dressed in a conservative tweed suit.  Her hair is pulled back in a bun and she is wearing a pair of reading glasses on a chain around her neck.Based on her appearance,you decide that Frida must be one of the few professors attending the conference.Which of the following best explains your judgment?​ 

 Compare and contrast the views of intelligence held by Charles Spearman and Howard Gardner.

 When deaf Nicaraguan children were free to communicate with each other in any way they wished,they ____.​ 

 If asked,many people would state that car accidents are a more frequent cause of death in the U.S.than strokes.  However,the truth is that car accidents are just more sensational than the more frequent strokes.This mistake would be an example of ____.​ 

 Which statement is TRUE of language development?​ 

 Dr.Abaee is developing a new intelligence test.He gives his test to a group of 100 participants and records their scores.Six months later,he retests the same participants on the test and finds that their scores match well with the scores they earned when tested six months earlier.What can we conclude about Dr.Abaee's test based on this study? 

 What is the most basic level of knowledge that contains the most specific concepts? ​