Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Dr. Greer believes that children are natural problem solvers and it is from that ability that language is learned. Dr. Greer would probably not agree that children have ____.

When researchers used a keyboard to teach language to a bonobo chimpanzee named Matata, they were surprised to find that ____.

A child taking the Stanford-Binet test who scores at an "average" level of intelligence would show a ____ that is equal to his or her ____.

Which statement is TRUE with regard to problem solving?

Timmy's geography teacher gives the class a pop quiz in which he asks the class to draw a map of North America, which they learned about in the previous day's lesson. Knowing what you do about mental representations, how well do you think Timmy would do on this quiz?

When you are trying to retrieve knowledge from your memory to accomplish some goal, you are ____.

Which item is the best example of a prototype for the category fruit?

Concepts are most accurately characterized as ____.

Which would NOT qualify as an exemplar for the category fruit?

Joanne always attempts to discipline her child through grounding because it has worked in the past. Lately, it has not been working, but she keeps trying because it always worked before. Joanne has encountered which obstacle to problem solving?

Adrian recently survived a killer tsunami while vacationing in Thailand. Now, Adrian believes that another tsunami is very likely to occur. As a result, he is selling his Florida beach home and moving to Kansas. Which of the following best explains Adrian's behavior?

Bjorn has great reflexes and is very athletic. According to ____, these characteristics indicate that Bjorn is intelligent.

In a study conducted by Stephen Kosslyn, subjects memorized a map and then were asked to mentally scan the path of an imaginary dot as it traveled from one point to another point on the map. The results showed that ____.

Your two-month-old niece has begun to make a lot of vowel sounds like "ooh" and "ah." She is ____.

Well-structured problems are to ____ as ill-structured problems are to ____.

Which statement is TRUE of language development?

Based on your reading, which animal is least likely to show any linguistic abilities?

Sometimes when making a decision we exhibit loss aversion, which means that we make a decision that reflects a ____.

Divergent thinking most specifically involves ____.

Jason is playing a computer game and just cannot seem to solve a particular problem. He gets frustrated, so he just keeps guessing over and over and over. Jason is using a(n) ____.