Exam 8: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The existence of brain areas like Wernicke's and Broca's areas support which linguist's beliefs about language development?

Ngwama has been asked to interview for a very prestigious job.She knows that very few people who are interviewed will be offered jobs by this company.She turns down the interview because she is afraid of how terrible she will feel if she interviews and is not offered a job.In refusing the interview,Ngwama was influenced by:

The disorder that results in difficulties with being able to produce speech is called:

Hyun is working on a chemistry project with Raul.Raul insists on doing things his way and argues with all of Hyun's suggestions.Hyun finds himself getting angry.Before he says something nasty,Hyun reminds himself that the goal is to complete a good project and fighting with Raul will not accomplish that.Hyun is clearly high on which of the four attributes of emotional intelligence?

The director of the school cafeteria discovers that students like chocolate chip cookies much better than molasses cookies.To sell the molasses cookies,she prices them at 25 cents each and continues to charge one dollar for the chocolate chip cookies.When students keep buying far more chocolate chip cookies,they are violating ________ theory,which is a ________ model of human decision making.

When a child always,even incorrectly,adds -ed to the ends of verbs to form the past tense,this use of language is an example of:

Why is categorization an efficient way of thinking?

Who was the first to develop a method of assessing intelligence?

Your neighbor is upset because you borrowed his car without asking him.He is distressed because borrowing a car without asking is NOT part of our social:

Your best strategy would be to use a heuristic if ________ is most important; your best strategy would be to use an algorithm if ________ is most important.

If people cannot restructure a problem that they are having trouble solving,they could try the easier approach of finding a(n):

Babies typically generate their first words at around:

In contrast to Gardner's idea of several independent intelligences dealing with different intellectual content,Sternberg's theory involves:

Emotional intelligence encompasses which of Gardner's multiple intelligences?

Cara is a mechanic at the local garage.This morning she has seen three cars that would not start,all of which needed new batteries.When a fourth car that will not start is brought in,Cara assumes the problem is the battery.Cara's assumption reflects ________.If the problem is actually with the car's transmission,Cara will need to ________ to solve the problem.

Gerardo's old girlfriend used to cheat on him.He knew when she was being unfaithful because she would be gone a lot,claiming that she needed to work.When his new girlfriend tells him that she has a lot of work to do and will not be able to see him as much right now,he assumes she is seeing another man.Gerardo's suspicions result from his:

Breast-feeding a child for more than 6 months has been documented to lead to ________ intelligence.

People tend to become closed minded when asked to find a different use for an object that has a clear purpose.This mind-set is a result of:

The words I and a are examples of:

Lakshmi has been trying to work out her class schedules for the fall and spring semesters.No matter what she tries,she cannot seem to work in all the classes she needs to take.She suddenly realizes that she could also take some classes during the summer session,and she is able to quickly work out her schedules.Lakshmi solved the problem by using: