Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

A decision-making heuristic in which people make judgments about samples according to the populations they appear to represent is called the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.

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Question 241

George has just completed an assessment of his intellectual abilities. Nine areas of mental abilities were tested. This assessment is most likely based on ________ theory of intelligence.

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Question 242

In the fairytale, Cinderella left behind a glass slipper as she fled the prince's ball at the stroke of midnight. The prince went from house to house in his kingdom and asked all the young women to try on the slipper in order to find the maiden he fell in love with at the ball. The prince used __________ in his quest for the True identity of Cinderella.

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Question 243

Given current research, which is most likely True?

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Question 244

The mayor of a large city announced that the incidence of major crimes was down for the third year in a row. Yet a poll of residents who regularly watched the evening news on TV revealed that they still felt the frequency of criminal acts was high and they felt unsafe living in the city. Which rule of thumb was responsible for the persistence of the residents' fears?

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Question 245

In 1904, __________ suggested that the behaviors we call "intelligent" have one common underlying factor.

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Question 246

With the utterance of words, the infant's vocabulary growth at first is

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Question 247

Which of the following choices would most likely be part of a test of creativity?

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Question 248

Mom points to an object and tells her 2-year-old what it is. The baby then points and repeats the label. According to social cognitive theory, Mom serves as a _______ for the child to acquire language skills.

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Question 249

When her car would not start, Joan began to solve the problem by turning on the headlights to see whether the battery was dead. Her approach is an example of a(n)

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Question 250

What did Charles Spearman refer to "general intelligence" as?

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Question 251

Standing back from a problem, instead of continuing to work at it, allows for ____________.

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Question 252

When an expert can deal with two or more elements of a problem simultaneously, this is called

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Question 253

_ thinking is to narrowing choices as __ thinking is to broadening choices.

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Question 254

Marko and Ivan are cousins. We can expect a __________ correlation between their IQs.

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Question 255

"Jack hit Robert;" "Robert was hit by Jack;" and "Jack struck Robert" all convey the same meaning, yet each sentence takes a somewhat different form. This capacity to combine words into original sentences and to say the same thing with different sentences refers to

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Question 256

An infant speaks her first word and says "Da Da." She is probably about

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Question 257

The tendency to respond to a new problem with the same approach that helped solve similar problems is termed a(n) _.

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Question 258

Studies with children in Colorado, Texas, and Minnesota have found a stronger relationship between the IQ scores of adopted children and their than with their __.

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Question 259

A sofa, bed, and table are __________ of the category furniture, but a magazine rack, lamp, and piano bench are not.

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Question 260

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A decision-making heuristic in which people make judgments about samples according to the populations they appear to represent is called the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.

George has just completed an assessment of his intellectual abilities. Nine areas of mental abilities were tested. This assessment is most likely based on ________ theory of intelligence.

Given current research, which is most likely True?

In 1904, __________ suggested that the behaviors we call "intelligent" have one common underlying factor.

With the utterance of words, the infant's vocabulary growth at first is

Which of the following choices would most likely be part of a test of creativity?

Mom points to an object and tells her 2-year-old what it is. The baby then points and repeats the label. According to social cognitive theory, Mom serves as a _______ for the child to acquire language skills.

When her car would not start, Joan began to solve the problem by turning on the headlights to see whether the battery was dead. Her approach is an example of a(n)

What did Charles Spearman refer to "general intelligence" as?

Standing back from a problem, instead of continuing to work at it, allows for ____________.

When an expert can deal with two or more elements of a problem simultaneously, this is called

_ thinking is to narrowing choices as __ thinking is to broadening choices.

Marko and Ivan are cousins. We can expect a __________ correlation between their IQs.

"Jack hit Robert;" "Robert was hit by Jack;" and "Jack struck Robert" all convey the same meaning, yet each sentence takes a somewhat different form. This capacity to combine words into original sentences and to say the same thing with different sentences refers to

An infant speaks her first word and says "Da Da." She is probably about

The tendency to respond to a new problem with the same approach that helped solve similar problems is termed a(n) _.

Studies with children in Colorado, Texas, and Minnesota have found a stronger relationship between the IQ scores of adopted children and their than with their __.

A sofa, bed, and table are __________ of the category furniture, but a magazine rack, lamp, and piano bench are not.

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Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

A decision-making heuristic in which people make judgments about samples according to the populations they appear to represent is called the anchoring and adjustment heuristic.

George has just completed an assessment of his intellectual abilities. Nine areas of mental abilities were tested. This assessment is most likely based on ________ theory of intelligence.

Given current research, which is most likely True?

In 1904, __________ suggested that the behaviors we call "intelligent" have one common underlying factor.

With the utterance of words, the infant's vocabulary growth at first is

Which of the following choices would most likely be part of a test of creativity?

Mom points to an object and tells her 2-year-old what it is. The baby then points and repeats the label. According to social cognitive theory, Mom serves as a _______ for the child to acquire language skills.

When her car would not start, Joan began to solve the problem by turning on the headlights to see whether the battery was dead. Her approach is an example of a(n)

What did Charles Spearman refer to "general intelligence" as?

Standing back from a problem, instead of continuing to work at it, allows for ____________.

When an expert can deal with two or more elements of a problem simultaneously, this is called

_________ thinking is to narrowing choices as __________ thinking is to broadening choices.

Marko and Ivan are cousins. We can expect a __________ correlation between their IQs.

"Jack hit Robert;" "Robert was hit by Jack;" and "Jack struck Robert" all convey the same meaning, yet each sentence takes a somewhat different form. This capacity to combine words into original sentences and to say the same thing with different sentences refers to

An infant speaks her first word and says "Da Da." She is probably about

The tendency to respond to a new problem with the same approach that helped solve similar problems is termed a(n) ________ _________.

Studies with children in Colorado, Texas, and Minnesota have found a stronger relationship between the IQ scores of adopted children and their __________ than with their ____________.

A sofa, bed, and table are __________ of the category furniture, but a magazine rack, lamp, and piano bench are not.

What Is Psychology

Biology and Psychology

Sensation and Perception

Consciousness

Learning

Memory: Remembrance of Things Past--And Future

Motivation and Emotion

The Voyage Through the Life Span

Personality: Theory and Measurement

Stress, Health, and Coping

Psychological Disorders

Methods of Therapy

Social Psychology

Filters

_ thinking is to narrowing choices as __ thinking is to broadening choices.

The tendency to respond to a new problem with the same approach that helped solve similar problems is termed a(n) _.

Studies with children in Colorado, Texas, and Minnesota have found a stronger relationship between the IQ scores of adopted children and their than with their __.