Exam 9: Thinking and Intelligence

According to the triarchic theory of intelligence, there are three aspects of intelligence. The ________ aspect refers to the practical application of intelligence in knowing when to adapt to the environment, when to change environments, and when to fix situations.

Even though his physician has told him that there is not an association between weather conditions and arthritis pain, Neville is convinced that his arthritis will act up when barometric pressure changes. Neville's tendency to see a meaningful pattern even when it doesn't exist is called:

According to the triarchic theory of intelligence, there are three aspects of intelligence. The ________ aspect refers to the information-processing strategies that go on inside your head when you are thinking intelligently about a problem.

Investigations of animal behaviours indicate that:

Multitasking is possible because some of our cognitive processing is:

Professor Vertz emphasizes the strategies that people use when thinking about problems and arriving at solutions. It is evident that she approaches intelligence as a ________ theorist.

In early studies, researchers teaching language to primates unwittingly gave nonverbal cues that might have enabled the apes to respond correctly.

Most individuals do not show evidence of reflective judgment until ________, if at all.

Standardized IQ tests predict school performance fairly well.

Match each definition with the appropriate term. -a rule of thumb that suggests a course of action or guides problem solving but does not guarantee an optimal solution

Jerome Kagan likens consciousness to the staff of a fire department because:

Research on animals and language indicates that:

As she moves quietly around the restaurant where she is a waitress, Alicia finds herself hearing "in her mind's ear" the song "Just whistle while you work!" This would be an example of a/an:

Informal reasoning involves:

According to the triarchic theory of intelligence, there are three aspects of intelligence. The ________ aspect refers to how well you transfer skills to new situations and cope with novelty.

Comparisons of attitudes and performance in regard to math tests in Asia and North America showed that:

Zelda dials her boyfriend's phone number instead of her mother's number, as she intended. Her error can be attributed to:

Reflective judgments involve all of the following EXCEPT:

Match each definition with the appropriate term. -a system of beliefs about the way one's own mind and the minds of others work, and of how individuals are affected by their beliefs and feelings

Asian parents, teachers, and children are far more likely than their North American counterparts to believe that mathematical ability is innate.