Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Joel is fantastic at solving logic problems and analogies,but he does not have a very good vocabulary and could not find most countries on a map.Joel would probably score ________ on a test of crystallized intelligence and ________ on a test of fluid intelligence.

A scientist interested in studying intelligence shows people a stimulus and then quickly takes it away.The scientist then does this repeatedly,with the stimulus shown for different amounts of time,to find out how much time is needed for the participant to correctly answer a question about the stimulus.People who can perform this task with very short durations are likely to:

A picture of a carrot is an example of a(n)________ representation; the word carrot is a(n)________ representation.

Jamail is trying to decide whether to major in biology or psychology.Kevin is trying to figure out what major might allow him to get a good job right after college.Jamail is engaged in ________ ; Kevin is engaged in ________.

Theories of general intelligence,like Gardner's theory,see intelligence as being expressed in areas such as math and language.The unique contribution of Gardner's theory is that the intelligences:

Sharda and Onyedikachi are participating in a psychology study.Sharda's task is to press a button as rapidly as possible whenever she sees a circle on the computer screen.Onyedikachi's task is to press a red button if he sees a circle and a green button if he sees a square,also as rapidly as possible.Sharda's study is measuring ________ reaction time,and Onyedikachi's study is measuring ________ reaction time.

Marco never had to study in high school,and he starts college the same way.After his first exams,he realizes he needs to study.He decides to go to the library every night and study for six straight hours.When he cannot study for that long,he does not know what to do and gives up.Marco's approach to solving his problems with studying failed because:

What is the paradox of choice?

The system of rules that determines how words are combined into phrases and how phrases are used to make sentences is called:

Phonemes are:

Which of the following concepts would Spearman agree with regarding intelligence?

In problem solving,a person:

If a child is using telegraphic speech,he will:

Lauren recently began having difficulty interpreting the prosody of others' speech,understanding sarcasm,and understanding proverbs.She likely has a lesion in her:

Which one of the following findings is the best evidence that environment plays an important role in determining intelligence?

A study used brain imaging on women solving math problems.Group A was reminded that women usually perform poorly in math.Group B was not.The scans of the two groups showed that Group A showed:

The average result on an IQ test is assigned the value of 100.All other test results are assigned scores based on their distance from that average score.This method means that IQ scores measure:

The main difference between the exemplar model and the prototype model is that the prototype model is defined by ________ of the category and the exemplar model is defined by ________ of the category.

Research has shown that people do not necessarily believe that "time heals all wounds" when something bad is about to happen to them.Instead,people tend to use ________ and anticipate the worst.

In a psychology study,people are asked which is more likely: an earthquake that kills 100,000 people or an earthquake in California that kills 100,000 people.Far more people will say that the earthquake in California is more likely,even though there are clearly more earthquakes than there are earthquakes in California.This way of thinking is an example of the: