Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The word tree is an example of a(n)________,whereas a picture of a tree is an example of a(n)________.

For a research study on the origins of gender differences,participants took a short math test.The researcher told the experimental group,"Women perform as well as men on this math test." The control group was given no information about gender differences on the task.The short math test was then administered to both groups.Based on stereotype threat,what are the most likely findings?

A surgical team was operating in a rural hospital without a backup electrical generator.The power went out.To provide light for the surgery,they collected all the cell phones in the hospital and turned them on.The operation was able to proceed because the surgical team avoided ________ and ________ the problem.

José,who is 7 years old,takes the Stanford-Binet test and scores at the level of a 9-year-old.José's intelligence quotient would be ________,and José would be considered ________ in intelligence.

Mandy emails her roommate to tell her that she has adopted a kitten.The email says nothing more.Mandy's roommate's ________ memory processes tell her that the kitten will be ________.

Even though Vince sits with Hannah in class,he asks Ruiz to be his study partner because Ruiz works harder than Hannah.In thinking about this decision,Vince used which one of the following mental concepts?

The Flynn effect suggests that what factor has NOT been involved in the increase in IQ scores over the last century?

Across individuals,language development is characterized by:

A critical property of insight is that the solution to the problem:

Two longtime friends,Joyce and Laurie,want to get back in touch with their childhood friend Rhonda,but they do not know whether she still lives in the area.Joyce randomly selects phone numbers from the local phonebook and asks people if they know Rhonda.Laurie calls numbers listed in the local phonebook for people who have the same last name as Rhonda.Joyce has approached the problem with a ________ approach,whereas Laurie has approached the problem with a(n)________.

Creole languages illustrate:

At what age would you expect dyslexia to be diagnosed most frequently?

The sentences Jill was kissed by Jack and Jack kissed Jill have the same:

What is the strength and direction of the correlation between years in school and IQ?

If you are shopping for a bathrobe and buy the first soft robe you see,you are likely a(n)________.If you go on to look for robes in every store in town before purchasing one,you are likely a(n)________.

When Mandy and Joe meet,Joe tells her that he loves math and computers and his favorite hobbies have always involved building things.Mandy concludes that Joe must be an engineering student rather than a liberal arts student,even though there are many more liberal arts than engineering students at their school.Mandy is using the ________ heuristic and ignoring ________.

Lauren is baking a cake for her boyfriend's birthday.She starts to panic because she does not have all the ingredients.She calms down when she realizes that the important thing is to bake a cake,not to have specific ingredients.She first tries to find substitutes for the missing ingredients.She then looks for cake recipes that will work with the ingredients she has.Lauren is engaging in:

Shaina,Maria,and LaVonne are all students in the same elementary school.Shaina is the best student in her 3rd grade class.Maria and LaVonne are both 5th graders,but LaVonne performs average in all subjects while Maria has variable performance,typically falling in the lower half of the class.Given the data on academic achievement and IQ scores,you would expect their IQ scores to be ranked from lowest to highest as:

Someone who is very good at learning new things but does not have a lot of general knowledge is high in ________ intelligence.However,someone who knows lots of things but is not very good at learning to do new things is higher in ________ intelligence.

Most proposed designs for the Vietnam War Memorial involved statues of soldiers.The winning design was a low black wall inscribed with the names of the dead.The architect who submitted the winning design is clearly very high in Sternberg's ________ intelligence.