Exam 10: The Thinking Mind Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Marvin,who lives in San Francisco,has been asked to host a teenage alien,Regor,as part of an intergalactic exchange program.Marvin is sure that Regor would love to experience the adventure of sailing,but decides he should introduce the concept of a "sailboat" first.Marvin begins by sharing the dictionary definition of a boat: "a small vessel propelled on water by oars,sails,or an engine." The primary problem with this definition is that it ____.

Marvin,who lives in San Francisco,has been asked to host a teenage alien,Regor,as part of an intergalactic exchange program.Marvin is sure that Regor would love to experience the adventure of sailing,but decides he should introduce the concept of a "sailboat" first.After some time studying,Regor has learned quite a bit about sailboats and is now excited about experiencing life on the water.So,Marvin and his dad take Regor sailing one weekend.Regor now has a set of beliefs,expectations,and personal experiences related to sailboats and sailing to which he can add new information.This is called a ____.

The causal factors for mild intellectual disability are typically ____.

The loss of the ability to speak or understand language is called ____.

Many scholars,including linguists Noam Chomsky and Steven Pinker,believe that human beings ____.

Perry,an attorney,is attending a hearing at the federal courthouse.He opens the courthouse door for a young woman with a guide dog.When Perry enters the room of the hearing,he is stunned to see that the assigned judge is the same woman.Perry had applied the ____.

Who is most likely to be experiencing a decline in fluid intelligence?

Of the following,who has a speech pattern comparable to that of Paul Broca's research subject Leborgne?

Yves is called on in class to define the representativeness heuristic.He answers that "it is a rule of thumb in which stimuli similar to an exemplar are believed to be more likely than stimuli that are dissimilar." Which part of his definition is incorrect?

What is the best definition of a "problem"?

Bertram has had a whirlwind of a first semester of college,and now that finals are over,he is concerned about his weight gain during the past few months.He is determined to make a plan to address his weight gain problem.First,he must generate possible solutions.What should he do next?

Careful formulation of a problem may help to avoid distractions from ____.

Which of the following is the best definition of a concept?

Which of the following is true of mental images?

Which of the following pairs expresses an arguably correct relationship with regard to language learning?

Broadly speaking,knowledge is the entire body of information acquired through study,investigation,observation,and experience.To manage all of this knowledge,the mind often uses ____,or mental representations,to signify information.

Low levels of activity in the anterior cingulate cortex are associated with ____.

Good decision making is ____.

Language has been defined as a system for communicating thoughts and feelings using ____.

Marvin,who lives in San Francisco,has been asked to host a teenage alien,Regor,as part of an intergalactic exchange program.Marvin is sure that Regor would love to experience the adventure of sailing,but decides he should introduce the concept of a "sailboat" first.Marvin suggests that Regor compare the features of an item that he thinks might be a sailboat with a checklist of sailboat features.If there are sufficient overlapping features,he might determine that it is a sailboat.This could be considered a ____.