Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Work on language acquisition with animals has shown that:

Extremely successful surgeons are likely to possess an abundance of what type of Gardner's multiple intelligences?

The availability heuristic can cause people to incorrectly assess the probabilities of various events because:

In New York City,it might be a dress shoe.In Texas,it could be a cowboy boot.In Florida,it might be a sandal.In Montana,it could be a hiking boot.Each of these is a(n)________ of the shoe category for the culture of that city.

Jack and Kate,a married couple,have demanding jobs and too little time for their relationship.They decide that one of them needs to step down in his or her career,but they cannot agree on who should do it.Their marriage counselor is trying to get them to see that other solutions are possible.In doing this,the counselor is encouraging them to ________ their problem.

A grocery store owner places a new item at the front of each aisle every few days.He wants people to think that these items are in front because they are special or on sale.The grocery store owner is trying to use ________ to sell the items at the front.

Annie is moving from one apartment to another.She has three cats and only one cat carrier.She puts one cat in the carrier,the second inside her large Crock-Pot,and the third under a laundry basket on the passenger seat of her car.Annie clearly does not have a problem with:

Scripts are good because they ________,but can be bad because they ________.

Sahndra and Yosef each need to buy cereal.Sahndra goes to the convenience store that stocks only three kinds of cereal.Yosef goes to the grocery store that stocks fifteen kinds.If the brands in each store represent at least reasonable choices,who is more likely to buy cereal? If they both buy cereal,who is more likely to be happy with the cereal?

Which of the following statements about categorization is a problem for the defining attribute model?

The ________ approach has been shown to be the most effective way to teach reading; the ________ approach is most widely used.

Which baby will have the highest IQ if all are raised in identical environments?

John fell off his bike without a helmet and injured his frontal lobes.If he were to take an IQ test,what aspect would be impaired?

If we assess the available evidence to try to determine when dinosaurs roamed the earth,we are engaging in:

________ intelligence is involved in reasoning,processing novel events,and thinking flexibly.

If companies want to encourage people to stay in the workforce as they age,they can create jobs that involve more use of ________ and less use of ________.

Which of the following questions best summarizes the modern version of the nature/nurture question about intelligence?

Our ability to learn,understand ideas,use knowledge to solve problems,and adapt to our environments is called:

Fatima received an overall score of 132 on an IQ scale.This number means that her score was higher than ________ percent of the population.

Itzhak is trying to decide whether to take art history from Professor Nguyen or from Professor Molyneaux.When he looks into the professors' past grading distributions,he discovers that both have given 50 percent As and Bs.However,this information is further broken down: "Professor Nguyen gives 20 percent As,and Professor Molyneaux gives 30 percent Bs." If ________ influences Itzhak's reasoning,Itzhak will take the class from Professor ________.