Exam 7: Section 2: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

People who are depressed usually do not accept the possibility that good things can happen to them, or that they have control over good things happening to them. When good things do happen to depressed people, they dismiss, discount, or ignore them. This is an example of:

A heritability estimate of about 50 percent for intelligence in the general population suggests that:

A technique known as _____ is one useful strategy for problem finding.

In the In Focus box, "Does a High IQ Score Predict Success in Life?" what was the general conclusion, based upon the research of Lewis Terman and Melita Oden with the genius-level children who grew up to be genius-level adults?

Tom, whose story was told in the chapter prologue, was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome (now referred to as a mild form of autism spectrum disorder). Like many people, he can become frustrated when he is "stuck" on a problem. However, unlike other people who recognize when it's time to switch to a new strategy or accept defeat and give up, Tom perseveres in trying to find the "right" solution, demonstrating _____, which are characteristics of autism spectrum disorder.

One way to creatively generate new ideas is to consider a problem from different angles or from a variety of perspectives, a technique that is called:

The representativeness heuristic can produce faulty estimates if:

Wechsler's intelligence test (the WAIS) was specifically designed to test _____ rather than _____.

The process of coming to a conclusion or making a judgment without conscious awareness of the thought processes involved is called:

When Jean-Claude came back from skiing, he wanted to brew a cup of coffee. Because he was out of coffee filters, he settled for tea. Jean-Claude's failure to realize he could use a paper towel as a coffee filter best illustrates:

_____ argued that some of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences were actually specialized talents.

According to the textbook, which of the following cognitive abilities is NOT an aspect of what is commonly called intelligence?

The term used to describe the mental activities involved in acquiring, retaining, and using knowledge is:

When a test was described as measuring "problem-solving skills," African American students did just as well as white students. But when told that the same test measured "intellectual ability," African American students scored lower than white students. This example illustrates which of the following?

Since moving to the United States, Ernesto has established a very successful consulting business that advises U.S. corporations that plan to market their products in Central and South America. Ernesto appears to excel in what Robert Sternberg would call _____ intelligence.

The mental categories we form to group objects, events, or situations that share similar features or characteristics are called:

David and Alice plan to vacation in Florida. They figure out the total cost of the trip and then decide how much they will have to put aside each week in order to be able to pay for their holiday. David and Alice are using:

Emily created a new sentence that neither she nor anybody else had ever heard before: "The chinless human-factors-interface-technician roamed the halls of academia looking for a lobotomized bureaucrat to interface with." This example most clearly illustrates the _____ of language.

David Wechsler developed the _____ intelligence test.

Milovitch systematically mixed thousands of different combinations of chemical compounds in order to find one that would be a pollution-free refrigerator coolant. Dr. Milovitch's approach best illustrates: