Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Janesha wants to save $25,000 to buy a new car. Instead of focusing on saving the whole amount, she works to earn $1,000 at a time. This makes the process seem more manageable to her .Janesha is using the ________ heuristic.

What percent of the population has an intelligence quotient below 100?

Jordan is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 8 years. His IQ would be ________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three areas of intelligence described by Sternberg?

Researchers have found that, despite the number of color names in a language, the basic abilities to perceive color are unchanged. This finding would be troublesome for the theory of ________.

Which of these is one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences?

Köhler demonstrated "Aha!" or insight behavior with ________.

The basic sound units of any language are called ________.

Tim and Jim are identical twins who were raised apart. Ned and Ed are fraternal twins who were raised together. Which pair of twins will have more similar IQ scores, if either?

On Monday, Sal took a test developed to measure levels of sensation seeking and obtained a score of 13; he took the same test one week later and obtained the same score. Based on this information, you can most accurately conclude that the test is likely to be:

Which of these might be an example of a perceptual reasoning item on the Wechsler intelligence tests?

Which book, published by Herrnstein and Murray in 1994, sparked tremendous debate with its assertions about the heritability of intelligence?

A male has a defect in the X chromosome of the 23rd pair. As children, people with this syndrome experience symptoms that can range from mild to severe or even profound intellectual disability. This is known as ________.

A valid test is one that ________.

What are mental categories representing activities, objects, qualities, or situations that share some common characteristics?

The correct formula for determining IQ as used in Terman's development of the Stanford-Binet Test was ________.

Terman's study of gifted children over a long period of their lives clearly demonstrated that the gifted were lacking in social skills, had poor health, and were generally unhappy.

Gardner and his associates are known for proposing ________.

A male has a defect in the X chromosome of the 23rd pair. As children, people with this syndrome experience symptoms that can range from mild to severe or even profound intellectual disability. This is known as ________.

Which of the following is suggested by your authors as helping to substantially improve cognitive health?