Exam 8: Thinking and Intelligence

Daniel plans to attend law school and later run for political office. Which of Gardner's multiple intelligences will he need to be a good law student? Which else will he need to become a successful politician?

Among psychological scientists, there is a growing consensus that g:

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 won't be able to see him as much right now, he assumes that she is seeing another man. Gerardo's suspicions result from his:

Because Jason disliked his three classes in biology and chemistry, he concludes that he does not like science. He later decides not to take astronomy because he does not like science. Jason's decision that he does not like science was reached by ____________ reasoning; his decision not to take astronomy was reached by ____________ reasoning.

After Hurricane Katrina, many people became afraid during rain storms, even though it was unlikely that the storm would become serious. These people are experiencing the phenomenon known as:

Which method of thinking is most common in daily life?

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.

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 1 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.

Recent MRI studies have found that about ____________ of the variability among people in intelligence is accounted for by brain volume.

Galton believed that the most important factor in intelligence was:

You are given a problem in the form of a categorical syllogism: "If all Xs have Ys, and all Ys have Zs, then . . . ." What is the answer?

The LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) is designed to measure someone's ability to think logically, which is predictive of success in law school and as a practicing lawyer. The LSAT is a(n) ____________ test.

Sasha has taken many enjoyable hikes along rivers. When Zacharia asks her to hike along the Mississippi River this summer she agrees because she concludes that she will enjoy the hike. Sasha reached her decision using:

Rosita has just had a baby that she named Anita. According to the defining attribute model, the fact that Rosita has a baby named Anita should be stored with the concept of ____________; the fact that Rosita could have a baby should be stored with the concept ____________; the fact that Rosita can breathe would be stored with the concept ____________.

All of the following concerns have been raised regarding cognition-enhancing drugs, EXCEPT:

When the countries of the world met to negotiate the Kyoto accords they shared the common goal of reducing greenhouse gases. A final accord that all of the countries could sign was never reached. One reason for this failure may be that the countries:

When Xavier is looking for a book to buy, he follows the staff recommendations at the local bookstore. Even though he sometimes winds up with a book that he does not like, he keeps using the staff recommendations because his strategy is a(n) ______________ that ____________.

Ivy and Peng have decided to try the new Thai restaurant. Ivy is glad to go there because she likes all Thai food. Peng is happy to go there because he has eaten in three other Thai restaurants and enjoyed the food. Ivy is using ____________ reasoning; Peng is using ____________ reasoning.

Cullen decided not to hire Gavin two minutes after the start of his job interview. Cullen can't explain, even to himself, why; he just had a bad feeling about Gavin. Cullen might feel less bad about making such a rapid decision if he knew that rapid decision making is:

You are trying to decide what movie to go see, and you notice that a Batman movie is playing. You have loved all of the other Batman movies, so you decide that you will like this one. You have made the decision to go to the Batman movie using: