Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Identify a true statement about prelinguistic vocalizations. 

A(n)__________is the tendency to respond to a new problem with the same approach that helped solve similar problems. 

Overregularization reflects faulty language development. 

Identify a true statement about the heritability of intelligence. 

Tiffany asks her son to reorganize groups of letters such as "skosc," "odg," "imal," and "orod" into words. In this scenario, Tiffany is using _____ of the words socks, dog, mail, and door. 

In the context of the nativist approach to language development, the _____ prepares the nervous system to learn grammar. 

In__________, thought is limited to present facts and the problem solver narrows his or her thinking to find the best solution. 

In the context of creativity and intelligence, _____ helps generate many possible solutions to problems. 

Which of the following statements is true of prelinguistic vocalizations?  

Which of the following statements is true of telegraphic speech?  

Which of the following is a reason for overconfidence?  

__________are mental categories used to group together objects, relations, events, abstractions, or qualities that have common properties. 

The__________is a decision-making heuristic in which people make judgments about samples according to the populations they appear to depict. 

__________is the quality of language in which words are used as symbols for objects, events, or ideas. 

A criticism of the linguistic-relativity hypothesis is that a language's vocabulary suggests the cognitive limits of the speakers of the language. 

The influence of wording, or the context in which information is presented, on decision making is known as _____. 

Barbara wanted to know whether Americans bought more American-made cars or more foreign-made cars. She arrived at a conclusion based on the cars her American friends drove. In this scenario, Barbara used _____ to come to a conclusion. 

Which of the following statements is true of the nativist theory of language development?  

In__________, the problem solver associates freely to the elements of the problem, allowing "leads" to run a nearly limitless course. 

__________enables people to deal with other people, including difficult people, and to meet the demands of their environment.