Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

The fact that the deaf children in Nicaragua spontaneously developed their own language suggests that ____.

According to Daniel Goleman, a person with a high level of intellectual abilities may still struggle in an intellectual pursuit if ____ intelligence is lacking.

Robert Sternberg's analytic intelligence reflects the ability to ____.

Pippa is shopping for a wedding gown. She looks at a particularly modern gown and complains that it just does not look like a wedding gown to her. Pippa is most likely comparing the actual gown to her ____ gown.

Lewis Terman ____.

Herb is reading about colleges and trying to decide which one is best for him. In psychological terms, Herb is ____.

The smallest units of sound that are found in a language are called ____.

Which statement most accurately sums up the debate on whether nonhuman animals have linguistic abilities?

When most people make shopping lists, they use terms like "apples," "shampoo," or "milk." A list like this is using ____ categories.

To Alfred Binet, mental age refers to ____.

What is unique about Nicaraguan Sign Language from the perspective of language development?

Algorithms can be thought of as "____" as heuristics can be thought of as "____."

If your 13-month-old child uses the title "grandpa" to refer to all older men, she is exhibiting a common language tendency called ____.

A successful inventor who has developed many new uses for paper clips would most likely score high on a test of Robert Sternberg's ____.

You are attending a conference where most of the people in attendance are young college students just like you. While there, you meet Frida, who appears to be in her fifties, is conservatively dressed, and is speaking confidently to a group of students. Based on your observations, you decide that Frida must be one of the few professors attending the conference. Which of the following best explains your judgment?

What is the age group for the WAIS-IV?

Compare and contrast the views on intelligence of Spearman and Cattell to those of Gardner and Sternberg.

To critics of the idea that animals can learn language, a highly trained circus animal that responds to its trainer's verbal requests would not be convincing primarily because of the critics' arguments that such behavior ____.

A five-year-old child taking the Stanford-Binet test and scoring at a mental age of four would have an IQ of ____.

An example of a(n) ______ is love at first sight, when you make a quick judgment about a person based on an overwhelmingly positive initial emotional reaction to him or her