Exam 8: Thought and Language

A loose screw on the visor causes it to drop down while Ben drives; however,he keeps forgetting to take a screwdriver out to the car to fix it.When he notices the visor drop again,he reaches into his pocket for a dime he then uses to tighten the screw holding the visor.What problem-solving difficulty did Ben overcome?

Classical categorization involves typically involves the use of ______________,while categorization using prototypes involves _____________.

Nate thinks that Republicans and Democrats almost never work together in Congress.The reason he believes this is that he finds it much easier to think of examples of politicians from the two parties not working together than to think of examples them working together.It is likely that the ______________ has caused Nate to underestimate how frequently Democrats and Republicans work together.

In a semantic network,the ____________ represent concepts,and the _______________ represent the structure of a category as well as the relationships among different categories.

Research with chimpanzees has clearly demonstrated that nonhumans are capable of acquiring language.

According to your textbook,what is one reason why people tend to make poor investing decisions,such as selling a stock immediately after it has lost a significant amount of value?

Describe the concepts of phonemes,morphemes,syntax,and pragmatics.Then use the sentence "The concert was so great that it blew my mind!" to provide examples of each type of language unit.

Kyle buys a new refrigerator,but when he gets home,he cannot fit it through the front door of his house.Which of the following would describe the initial state for Kyle's problem?

Which of the following is an example of the loss aversion bias?

A _____________ is the mental representation of an object,event,or idea.

Lex is in the second grade.As part of a homework assignment,he is asked to write a sentence to describe a picture of a dog playing fetch.Lex writes the sentence,"Ball the dog has." Lex is clearly having trouble with ___________.

Research indicates that ______________ are typically happier with their decision than _______________ are.

Why do psychologists assert that heuristics are beneficial for problem solving?

Concepts and categories are important because they allow us to:

_____ is an example of a morpheme,while _____ is a phoneme.

Which of the following is both a single phoneme AND a morpheme?

Johannes has been a car mechanic for many years and is very good at diagnosing problems with cars.However,when an electric car comes into the garage,his approach to diagnosing the problem is unsuccessful.Johannes failure is likely the result of:

Because of a bias called _________________,gamblers tend to value $100 they lost on a bet more than they would value $100 the won on a bet.

Which of the following is a heuristic approach to determining how many brownies to make for a party?

The term "sensitive period" is relevant to language acquisition because