Exam 8: B: Language and Thought

Even though he knows only a small percentage of high school athletes go on to professional careers,Charlie believes that he will be drafted by a good Junior team,play for Team Canada in the World Juniors Championship,and then have a career in the NHL.What is Charlie doing

When children are raised speaking both French and English,what is the impact on their vocabulary

If you know that a family has four children,and you are using the representativeness heuristic,which of the following configurations would you expect in that family

A political party has released a new TV ad that is intended to point out the differences in finance policies between its campaign,and the campaign of the competing party.Which tactic is most likely to be used,if the ad contains semantic slanting

Most people estimate the negative impact of losing $1000 will be greater than the positive impact of winning $1000.In reality,people overestimate the negative emotions they expect to experience after such as loss What is the name for this phenomenon

Why do cognitive psychologists focus on the mistakes that people tend to make in decision making

Which class of problems is often solved with a burst of insight

The vocabulary and style of communication used by Washoe,the chimp who was raised by researchers to use sign language,was sufficient for some basic communication with humans.Which of the following children would have a communication level that is similar to that of Washoe

Who suggested that language determines the nature of one's thought

What is the system of rules that specifies how words can be arranged into sentences in a language

When Matthew is taking a multiple-choice exam,he uses the rule "When in doubt,pick C." Which of the following is illustrated by this example

Stella ran a small business for years.Her business has gotten much larger now,and she finds that she is having problems using all the business strategies that worked very well for her in the past.Which of the following problems with problem solving is Stella facing

How would Chomsky most likely explain a young child saying,"I runned around the house"

Arguing from an evolutionary perspective,what do Leda Cosmides and John Tooby suggest that human reasoning depends on

Which barrier to effective problem solving is illustrated by the series of water-jug problems described in your text

In solving problems,Newell and Simon (1972)have suggested that individuals solve problems by exploring the various pathways to a solution which may or may not lead to a solution,but which seem to be worthy of investigation by the problem solver.What is their term for the set of possible pathways problem solvers use

Which statement represents an occurrence of overregularization

Erica points to the bus and calls it a car.What sort of error is this

Toddlers are immersed in a language-learning environment at all times,whereas adults who are learning a second language often do so on a part-time basis.Which theory of language acquisition is weakened by this confounding variable

If you are asked to come up with one word that is typically paired with taxi,screw,and cattle (the answer is "driver"),what sort of problem are you solving