Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

An _________ problem requires reorganization of a group of letters to form words.

The mating calls of ducks lack all of the characteristics of True language EXCEPT

What characteristics do experts hold in common when solving certain types of problems?

According to psycholinguistic theory, the inborn tendency to acquire language is called a

Mental categories used to class together objects, relations, events, abstractions or qualities that have common properties are called

What did N. R. F. Maier's studies of problem solving with Bismark show?

According to the Wechsler scales, ________% of the population has IQ scores above 130 or below 70.

Examples that best match the essential features of categories are called

A person magically transported from the early 1800s to the present day, on seeing an airplane in flight, likely would

When a toddler utters "baba," it may mean, "I want my bottle," or "Where is my bottle?" or "I'm hungry." What are such utterances called?

The analogy heuristic is very seldom used by most people.

"Look before you leap" may be used as a(n) __________ to avoid danger.

Ernest studied the frequency of repair records for several makes of cars he was thinking of buying. He was about to buy a Volvo when his brother told him that two of their friends had a lot of repairs on their Volvos and were unhappy with the cars. On the basis of this information, Ernest reconsidered his decision. Which rule of thumb may have been responsible for Ernest's change of mind?

The Wechsler scales of intelligence contain two sets of questions called the verbal subtests and the __________ subtests.

What does human intelligence permit us to do?

Language development begins with crying, cooing and babbling which are referred to as

___________ is the sudden perception of relationships among elements in the perceptual field.

Group IQ tests are not an adequate source of information about a child's abilities.

When examining differences in mathematical ability between Asian American and European American students, Chinese and Japanese students attribute their success to hard work, whereas European American students attribute their success to

The linguistic-relativity hypothesis predicts that speakers of different languages