Exam 7: Thinking, intelligence, and Language

Monique routinely uses a shredder to shred her junk mail into confetti-sized pieces of paper,which she then just throws away.When packing her glassware to move into a new apartment,she runs out of protective styrofoam packing material.Suddenly Monique gets the idea to empty her shredder and use the shredded junk mail confetti for packing material.Monique has _____.

Critics of the work of Benjamin Whorf maintain that _____.

If one were to translate "white house" to Spanish from English,it would be "casa blanca," or "house white." This demonstrates a difference in _____ between the two languages.

Which of the following is the first step in the problem-solving process?

_____ is caused by a genetic disorder.

According to _____,when people evaluate whether a particular object reflects a certain concept,they compare the most typical item(s)in that category and look for a "family resemblance" with that item's properties.

When comparing algorithms and heuristics,what is the advantage of using heuristics for solving real-life problems?

What four steps are involved in the process of problem solving?

_____ produces the single best solution to a problem.

In everyday situations,finding and framing problems can be difficult because many real-life problems _____.

The tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them is known as _____.

Cognitive psychology studies all of the following except _____.

Which of the following is true of individuals who think creatively?

Mindfulness involves _____.

_____ is the tendency to make judgments about group membership based on physical appearances or the match between a person and one's stereotype of a group rather than on available base rate information.

The useful character of language and the ability of language to communicate even more meaning than is said are known as _____.

Intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation)is a condition of limited mental ability in which an individual has an IQ of ____ and has difficulty adapting to everyday life.

You are working on a class project where you are asked to develop a new test of intelligence.In your psychology class you have learned that there are several criteria for a good test of intelligence.Define the concepts of validity,reliability,and standardization and then discuss their relevance to intelligence testing.

Lionel is a CEO of a company that is in financial crisis.He asks his employees to brainstorm and create a list of all possible solutions to keeping the company in business.Lionel is asking his employees to engage in _____.

Your roommate argues that computers can perform several complex tasks better and more accurately than humans.You counter her argument with the mention of _____,a task that only humans can perform.