Exam 9: Thinking and Intelligence

Scientists agree that a general ability underlies the specific abilities and talents measured by intelligence tests.

In Chapter 1 we learned that the media and the public persist in equating "psychologist" with "psychotherapist." How do prototypes, discussed in Chapter 9, help explain this phenomenon?

According to the information-processing approach, our brains passively record incoming information.

Which of the following is NOT an unanswered question about intelligence?

Starting with the basic building blocks of thought and working up, which of the following is the correct sequence of the elements of cognition?

When you are making a cake, the recipe that you rely upon is an example of an algorithm.

In the early 1900s, at the request of the French Ministry of Education, Alfred Binet constructed a testing instrument that eventually became the first widely used intelligence test. For what purpose was the test developed?

The broadening of the notion of intelligence through Gardner's theory has been useful because it has led to a focus on teaching children practical strategies for improving their abilities.

When we think, we:

A representation that may occur in many sensory modalities, and that resembles what it represents, is a:

What is the IQ of an 8-year-old with a mental age of 10?

Peter's mental representation of Thanksgiving includes associations about turkeys, attitudes toward the holiday, and expectations about the weight he'll gain! These are all part of his ________ for the holiday.

People are more likely to overestimate the national rate of unemployment if they know several people who have lost their jobs. This is an example of:

Match each definition with the appropriate term. -the drawing of conclusions or inferences from observations, facts, or assumptions

A/An ________ process lies outside of awareness, but can be brought into consciousness when necessary.

A prototype is an especially representative example of a concept.

________ is defined as learning that occurs when you acquire knowledge about something without being aware of how you did so and without being able to state exactly what it is you have learned.

The tendency to think that human beings have nothing in common with other animals is called anthropomorphism.

Psychologists disagree on the definition of intelligence. Describe different approaches to the definition of intelligence. How does your textbook define intelligence?