Exam 9: Language and Thought

Allie considers swimming, laying eggs, and having gills to be core features for fish.She considers animals that have all three of these features to be good examples of fish and animals with only one or two of these features to be poor examples of fish.In this case, Allie's categorization method uses the:

What is the incubation effect? Describe three possibilities for why it may occur.

Which of the following facts has been viewed as good evidence that language is an adaptation?

Features associated with birds include flying, laying eggs, and having a beak.Penguins do not fly, but most people still categorize them as birds.This suggests they are categorizing penguins based on:

Problems that have well-stated goals, clear starting points, and effective means of evaluation are called:

The fact that most natural categories have fuzzy boundaries is a problem for which view?

Which of the following is an incorrect statement of the evidence that language is an adaptation?

The word "rewrite" contains:

With respect to spoken language, semantics refers to:

Pragmatics refers to the practical knowledge used to:

Thinking involves:

The availability heuristic is the tendency to base estimates on the ease with which examples come to mind.

Some categories are special.In other words:

Which view says each new object encountered must possess all the necessary features to be considered an acceptable member of a category?

Most natural categories have:

In category hierarchies, the basic level for the category:

Claude has been watching his new neighbor for a week.She drives a sporty car, carries a cell phone, and wears nothing but blue business suits.Claude decides his new neighbor must be a lawyer.In this case, Claude seems to have formed an opinion about his new neighbor's occupation based on:

The way in which the alternatives in a decision problem are presented is called:

In category hierarchies, basic-level categories:

When an individual engages in the process of ____________________, he or she must evaluate and choose from among a set of alternatives.