Exam 9: Language and Thought

Overgeneralization demonstrates that:

Children first begin to demonstrate an understanding of syntax during the:

Beth hates to work through problems step-by-step and often tries shortcuts that might save her some time.It appears that Beth prefers to use:

Between the ages of 3 and 5 weeks of age:

The distinction between surface structure and deep structure was first noted by:

Sarah had invested most of her retirement savings in energy companies.However, when Enron declared bankruptcy, she transferred all her investments to government bonds because she decided that other energy companies were also likely to go bankrupt.In this example, Sarah's decision has most likely been influenced by the:

When people use the representativeness heuristic to estimate probabilities for events, they base their estimates on:

Corey is using the ____________________ categorization method because he only classifies an animal as a bird if it sings, flies, and builds a nest.

A child was amused that the sentences "Mommy gave Daddy a book" and "Mommy gave a book to Daddy" meant the same thing but had a different order of words.The difference is in terms of:

When people overestimate the number of politicians who use poor ethical judgment, based on the extensive media coverage of a few politicians, they are using

Effective communication seems to rely a great deal on common:

Aiden likes to work through problems step by step and obtain answers that are as precise as possible, even if it takes a long time.It appears that Aiden prefers to use:

Step-by-step rules or procedures that guarantee a solution will be found for a problem are called:

Jamil is out of sand and salt to use on his icy driveway.The 10 pounds of birdseed he has in his garage would be a good substitute, but he doesn't consider that possibility.Jamil's thinking illustrates:

When people estimate the probability of one specific event belonging to a class of events, based on the similarity between the event in question and the average member for that class of events, they are using:

The fact that people seem to know which features within a category go together is explained best by theories that presume that people store prototypes.

The sophistication of a child's language abilities depends upon the child's:

A child has begun to demonstrate an understanding of syntax.Which stage of language development would you guess the child is in?

Describe three different problem-solving heuristics.In your answer, use appropriate examples to illustrate how each might be used to solve a problem.

The English language uses 26 letters in the alphabet: