Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

A three-year-old says, "Mommy goed away." This sentence is an example of

Which of the following would NOT be categorized as belonging to the same "concept" as the other three?

In the MacArthur longitudinal twin study, researchers found that identical (MZ) twins were more similar to each other than fraternal (DZ) twins in

The learning theory approach to language acquisition has difficulty explaining which one of the following statements?

In contrast to learning theory, the nativist theory of language development proposes that __________ factors account for the acquisition of language.

People tend to make decisions based on shortcuts such as

The way in which information is presented and/or the context in which information is presented can influence decision-making. What does this refers to?

"Mommy sitted down" is an example of a holophrase.

Why do people tend to be convinced that they are right, even when they are wrong?

Howard Gardner has proposed the existence of seven kinds of

Walking away from a problem temporarily can allow for _________ to help overcome mental sets that interfere with finding the correction solution.

Don solves puzzles and problems with ease. He probably uses all of the following EXCEPT

To teach his child the prototype for cat, Dad points to many examples in books, at home, on TV and in the neighborhood, while saying the word "cat." These are __________ of the cat concept.

The representativeness heuristic leads people to make judgments about events according to

The individual who revised the Binet-Simon scale into an English version, which became known as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale was __________.

Albert lost the keys to his car sometime between the time he locked it and his return to the car about three hours later. Albert retraced his steps, going to all of the places he visited after he initially locked the car. Albert is using __________ to find his keys.

The degree to which the variations in a trait are explained by genetic factors is called __________.

The Wechsler scales are made up of subtests grouped into

If you understand the phrase, "por favor, señorita," you understand the ________of the Spanish language.

Charles Spearman suggested the __________ factor to account for specific intellectual abilities.