Exam 8: A: Language and Thought

What kind of conclusion can we draw from the research on semantic slanting and name calling

Which statement best describes effective decision making

Pinker and Bloom suggest that language is an evolutionary adaptation.What does language allow us to do,in their theory

Eva just upgraded her software package.However,even though the updated version contains a number of more efficient methods for working with files,Eva continues to work with files the way she did before the upgrade.What is Eva showing evidence of in this case

Imagine that anthropologists found a culture that had over 80 different words for rice.What would that discovery suggest if researchers also found that the people in this culture thought about rice in different and more elaborate ways than people who have only one word for rice

Why do diagrams sometimes facilitate problem solving

Greeno's basic categories of problems were described in your text.Which category are series-completion problems examples of

Corey was serving on a jury in a criminal case,and the jury reached a unanimous "not guilty" verdict.Several months later,some additional evidence came to light that strongly suggested that the defendant was,in fact,guilty of the crime in question.Corey is still not convinced by the new evidence,and claims he wouldn't have voted guilty,even if the new information had been presented during the trial.What is Corey demonstrating in this example