Exam 8: Thinking and Intelligence

A(n) ____________ is a(n) ____________ of a sequence of events.

Alina is a straight A student in an honours business program, who has had very prestigious internships. During her job interviews, Alina's arrogance about her own abilities comes through. She fails to realize from their reactions that the interviewers are looking for team players, not independent superstars. Alina is not offered any of these jobs because she lacks:

Itzhak is trying to decide whether to take art history from Professor Nguyen or from Professor Molyneaux. He looks up the past grading distributions for both professors. They both give 50 percent As and Bs. Professor Nguyen says that he gives 20 percent As and Professor Molyneaux says that he gives 30 percent Bs. ____________ predicts that Itzhak will take the class from Professor ____________.

Brianna received an overall IQ score of 117 on the Wechsler Scale. This means that Brianna has scored ____________ standard deviation(s) above the mean IQ score of ____________.

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.

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 on the brain development of mice who are raised in environments offering different degrees of stimulation suggests that the increased intelligence seen in children raised in more stimulating environments is due to:

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

The type of intelligence that is involved in reasoning, processing novel events, and thinking flexibly is:

As the baby boomers approach retirement, it would make good economic sense to encourage people to stay in the workforce longer. One thing that companies could do to make this happen is to create jobs that involve more use of ____________ and less use of ____________.

Analogical representations ____________ correspond to characteristics of the object that they represent. Symbolic representations ____________ correspond to characteristics of the object that they represent.

A larger volume of neuronal cell bodies in areas that support attentional control is related to ____________ intelligence, but not ____________ intelligence.

Algorithms have the advantage of ____________ and the disadvantage of ____________:

The link between working memory and attention is most likely due to:

In Montreal, it might be a dress shoe. In Ottawa, it could be running shoes. In Calgary, it could be a cowboy boot. In St. John's, it could be rubber boots. Each of these is a(n) ____________ of the shoe category for the culture of that city.

A recent study has found that women do as well as men in math courses at all levels. If Heather read this story before taking her calculus final, she would be ____________ likely to do well, because of ____________.

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

Jameisia has always loved numbers. When she starts grade one, she grasps basic math immediately. Her teacher is so impressed that she gives Jameisia more and more complicated work in math. Jameisia goes on to become a superb math student all the way through school. What is the most reasonable conclusion about the source of Jameisia's success in math?

Shannon and Sayid go out for coffee after class. He holds the door for her, pulls out her chair, and pays the bill. He is very confused when she becomes irritable with him for doing these things. You could help him understand Shannon's reactions by explaining that they probably have conflicting ____________ for a man and woman going out.

Lauren is baking a cake for her boyfriend's birthday. She starts to panic because she does not have all of 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: