Exam 7: Cognitive Processes

An advantage of algorithms over heuristics is that:

Problems with pragmatic skills,such as using metaphors or making inappropriate comments,may result from damage to the right hemisphere.

The Flynn effect refers to:

Agatha Harkness-Smythe is determined to ban guns in the United States.This is a controversial topic and social scientists have debated whether the ownership of guns by citizens increases or decreases crime.Agatha could go to the library and look up studies on the linkage between guns and crime rates.Instead,Agatha just reads the local newspaper and only cuts out articles about robberies in which the "bad guy" used a firearm.Agatha is demonstrating:

Einstein's famous E = mc² is an example of a(n)________ because it guarantees that you will solve the problem in question sooner or later.

The first thing that comes to mind when asked to name an example drawn from a larger category is called the:

Both crystallized and fluid intelligence begin declining in middle age.

Your mental representation of a car is an example of a(n)________,whereas your representation of the way to behave at a new restaurant is an example of a(n)_________.

The sentences "The dog bit the boy" and "The boy was bit by the dog" have the same meaning,but differ in:

A brain region called Wernicke's area is involved in the comprehension of speech sounds.

Norm rarely understands puns,and he struggles to understand figurative or metaphoric language.More than one friend has suggested that he sometimes says rude or inappropriate things in social situations.Norm has difficulty with the ________ aspect of language,an aspect that may be processed in the brain's ________ hemisphere.

Gardner and his associates are known for proposing:

Which is the most likely prototype for the concept "vehicle"?

Language is based on sound units called morphemes.

The English language has about ____ phonemes.

The most typical member of a category is termed the schema.

The SAT,the ACT,and the GRE are all types of ________ because they predict future performance or success.

A state of tension that occurs when a person's attitudes do not match the person's actions is called:

The social interactionist view of language acquisition is associated with:

Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences divides intelligence into ______ independent abilities.