Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Since the Eskimo language has many words for snow, the strongest form of the Whorfian hypothesis maintains Europeans could not understand snow as the Eskimo do. How could Europeans gain an appreciation for snow somewhat akin to the Eskimo and what would the Whorfian hypothesis have to say that?

When a test yields consistent results over time, it is said to be ____.

When Alfred Binet administered his intelligence test in France he found that ____.

Charles Spearman is to ____ as Howard Gardner is to ____.

Insight usually ____.

When we ____ a problem, unproductive strategies recede from memory and you can return to the problem with a fresher perspective.

When Katherine makes a shopping list, she is very specific. Her list includes a 14-ounce can of Big Red diced tomatoes with peppers and onions and an eight-ounce package of Thick-n-Luscious cream cheese. Katherine's list uses ____ categories.

Which of the following IQ test questions is most likely to be culturally biased?

Which test did David Wechsler develop?

Daniel Goleman is most closely associated with which type of intelligence?

What is part of Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

Which activity is least likely to increase your crystallized intelligence?

The Stanford-Binet uses the same set of procedures, scoring methods, and questions for all tests takers, which makes the test ____.

Which progression represents the correct sequence of language development in children?

When an infant begins to repeat consonant and vowel sounds together, the infant is ____.

Deductive reasoning results in a ____, whereas inductive reasoning results in a ____.

On the Stanford-Binet test, an IQ score of 120 would indicate ____.

While language has many ____, communication generally does not.

Although it is clear that most animals have ____ ability, it is unclear whether or not most animals have ____ ability.

Thinking is defined in the textbook as the ____.