Question 1

Research indicates that bilingualism may serve as a protective factor against:

Accepted Answer

A) Parkinson's disease. 
B) bipolar disorder. 
C) Alzheimer's disease. 
D) schizophrenia. 
A) Parkinson's disease. 
B) bipolar disorder. 
C) Alzheimer's disease. 
D) schizophrenia.

Question 2

According to Claude Steele, how does stereotype threat tend to impair performance?

Accepted Answer

A) It causes the individual to focus on the self rather than others. 
B) Irrelevant mental images are produced, which lead to maladaptive thinking. 
C) It creates a sense of neurotic self-efficacy. 
D) It leads to the fear that one might confirm the stereotype. 
A) It causes the individual to focus on the self rather than others. 
B) Irrelevant mental images are produced, which lead to maladaptive thinking. 
C) It creates a sense of neurotic self-efficacy. 
D) It leads to the fear that one might confirm the stereotype.

Question 3

Your text describes research with participants who lived in remote Amazon tribes and spoke languages that lacked a counting system or specific words for numbers. What conclusion did the researchers reach?

Accepted Answer

A) Language has a powerful effect on perception; people who speak different languages have a completely different view of the world. 
B) Language categories can affect how individuals think about particular concepts. Without a number concept, the indigenous people were only able to use relative terms like "few," "some," and "many" instead of exact numbers to describe quantities. 
C) The study showed that, even though the languages of the isolated tribes lacked number words, they had sophisticated systems for describing colors. 
D) The study showed that, without a number concept, the indigenous people were unable to distinguish between "few," "some," and "many." 
A) Language has a powerful effect on perception; people who speak different languages have a completely different view of the world. 
B) Language categories can affect how individuals think about particular concepts. Without a number concept, the indigenous people were only able to use relative terms like "few," "some," and "many" instead of exact numbers to describe quantities. 
C) The study showed that, even though the languages of the isolated tribes lacked number words, they had sophisticated systems for describing colors. 
D) The study showed that, without a number concept, the indigenous people were unable to distinguish between "few," "some," and "many."

Exam 7: Section 5: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Research indicates that bilingualism may serve as a protective factor against:

According to Claude Steele, how does stereotype threat tend to impair performance?

Your text describes research with participants who lived in remote Amazon tribes and spoke languages that lacked a counting system or specific words for numbers. What conclusion did the researchers reach?

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