Exam 9: Language and Thought

Categories allow us to:

____________________ is the moment when a problem solution seems to pop suddenly into one's mind.

Bianca decides if an animal is a fish by comparing it to a trout, which she believes is the best example of a fish.In this case, Bianca's categorization method uses the:

In decision making, the tendency to cling to initial beliefs when confronted with disconfirming evidence is ____________________.

Derek recently used the problem-solving heuristic known as ____________________ when he decided to become a financial analyst for an international finance company and then worked out a series of subgoals to move him toward his final objective.He started by enrolling in some business and finance classes at a local university.

American Sign Language is considered a true language because it has a set of rules that enable the communicator to convey meaning.These rules are collectively known as:

A sales representative from an investment company is trying to convince a young couple to invest in a mutual fund.He will probably be most successful if he:

Explain the concept of the mental set.How can a mental set be adaptive?

Discuss how the framing of a problem can affect an individual's final decision.Explain when people are most likely to select risky alternatives.

According to the linguistic relativity hypothesis, language:

What is "insight" and why are insights historically important? How did Wolfgang Köhler study the process of insight?

The distinction between the surface and deep structures of sentences was proposed by ____________________.

If Fonda follows the kit's step-by-step instructions, the boards will become a bookcase.The instructions represent:

A child who engages in word play and says things such as "stop, bop, rop, dop, clop, mop," but never says "sgap, tpir, or sbum," is demonstrating his or her knowledge of:

The deep structure of a sentence refers to:

A theorist who says new objects are placed into categories based on a comparison to the best or most representative member of a category is expressing which view?

The word "phone" contains:

Luke is trying to devise a plan to defeat the latest scheme of the evil Empire.Luke is going through the process technically known as:

When a problem can be broken-down into a series of subproblems or subgoals, a good problem solving heuristic to use is:

The sentence "Visiting relatives can be a nuisance" can be interpreted in at least two very different ways.This sentence has: