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

Jason is trying to tighten a slotted screw in his desk chair before finishing his physics homework.Though he has looked through his dorm room he is unable to locate a screw driver for slotted screws.Jason looks on his dresser and sees a dime,picks it up,and uses it to tighten the screw in his desk chair.Jason's ability to look at the dime and see something other than a coin illustrates that he has overcome _____.

Children with average IQ scores showed a peak thickening of cortical gray matter around the age of 8,while children with superior IQ scores experienced a peak thickening at around ____.

Dolores has moved to a big city for the first time in her life.She is excited by the opportunity to explore the city,but is also anxious about being in a plane crash because she will now have to fly home for the holidays.In reality,she is more at risk of harm from reckless drivers.What heuristic is she applying is this situation?

The programmers of AlphaGo included in the program a "look back" strategy referred to as

Human beings produce over 500 different phonemes,of which the English language uses ____.

Which of the following is true regarding theories of general intelligence and multiple intelligences?

In women,IQ has been shown to be highly correlated with ____.

Which of the following is true?

Of the following,who has a speech pattern comparable to that of a person with Wernicke's aphasia?

Which of the following is true about dyslexia?

A possible barrier to successful problem solving,in which a concept is considered only in its most typical form,is called ____.

The childhood ability to directly access visual images may be overwritten or interfered with by the development of ____.

Socioeconomic status ____.

Which of the following is the most effective method to produce the fastest language learning and to support the social nature of language use?

What is the most important element when generating possible solutions to a problem?

The Flynn Effect is likely due to ____.

Measures of brain activity during tasks requiring intelligence indicate that,in order to solve the same problem,the brains of people with high scores on standard intelligence measures ____.

Which of the following reflects the current understanding of whether the two languages of bilingualism are represented in different parts of the brain?

Which of the following is the best example of an adaptive behavior?

When looking to carry out a decision,one of the most critical elements in successfully implementing a solution is ____.