Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

Marcos' mother drank heavily while pregnant with him and he has been diagnosed with mild intellectual disability.Marcos most likely suffers from __________.

Research has supported the role of __________ in the maintenance of mental fitness and improved cognitive function.

The current estimate of heritability of intelligence is__________.

On a popular quiz show,contestants are asked to match the audience in naming certain items.One contestant,when asked to "name a type of vehicle," replied "elevator!" The audience groaned,because they knew that the contestant was pretty far off the mark.The contestant should have picked a vehicle that was closer to a _________ for vehicles to match the audience's response.

The __________ heuristic can be used to create and maintain stereotypes.

Goleman has proposed that __________ intelligence is a more powerful influence on success in life than other forms of intelligence.

Algorithms are a type of __________.

A test that gives similar scores for a person each time the person takes it is considered to be a __________ test.

Mental activity that goes on in the brain when a person is processing information is called __________.

According to Sternberg,"street smarts" is another way of talking about which kind of intelligence?

In Terman's study of gifted children,social and behavioral problems were found only in those __________.

When people persist in trying to solve a problem the same way they have always gone about solving problems,they have developed __________.

Which type of intelligence,according to Sternberg,would most likely be measured by traditional intelligence tests?

The linguistic relativity hypothesis states that __________.

Which of the following is NOT part of the traditional definition of intelligence?

Keneisha is only 11 years old,but she can answer questions that most 15-year-olds can answer.Fifteen is Keneisha's __________.

When a test allows a person from one particular background to have an unfair advantage over persons from other backgrounds,it is called__________.

Research suggests we interact with __________ images __________ the way interact with physical objects.

The basic units of sound are called __________.

Which of the following questions would be more likely to produce divergent thinking?