Exam 9: Section 4: Language and Thought

Among Americans, the prototypical bird is the bald eagle.

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Question 101

There is a surge in electrical activity in the left frontal lobe about one third of a second before an insightful "Aha!" moment is experienced.

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Question 102

Patients with prefrontal cortex damage make more risky choices than do non-brain-damaged individuals.

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Question 103

Logic is another term for the process of reasoning.

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Question 104

On average, patients with prefrontal cortex damage are less sensitive to the future consequences of their behavior than non-brain-damaged individuals.

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Question 105

The brain appears to be hardwired such that certain areas of the brain respond more strongly to some categories than others.

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Question 106

One of the challenges to the success of analogical problem solving is that people are strongly affected by superficial similarities between problems when the relationship between analogous problems often lies deep in their structure.

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Question 107

The sunk-cost fallacy states that people tend to make poorer financial decisions when information is presented in probability form relative to frequency form.

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Question 108

The most common way of forming categories is by specifying the necessary and sufficient conditions for membership.

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Question 109

The best, or most typical, member of a category is called an exemplar.

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Question 110

fMRI studies have revealed that visual processing is an important component of exemplar-based learning.

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Question 111

Morphological rules and syntactical rules are part of grammar.

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Question 112

Means-ends analysis is a type of theoretical reasoning.

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Question 113

Eleanor Rosch developed both family resemblance theory and prototype theory.

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Question 114

Apes who have acquired the use of human language usually can construct complex, grammatically correct sentences.

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Question 115

Fast mapping occurs when children associate a word with its underlying concept after a single exposure to that word.

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Question 116

People who are blind from birth show category-specific deficits for objects that are categorized in the visual cortex.

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Question 117

If someone cannot identify a hammer, wrench, and screwdriver, that person also probably will have difficulty identifying different fruits and vegetables.

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Exam 9: Section 4: Language and Thought

Among Americans, the prototypical bird is the bald eagle.

There is a surge in electrical activity in the left frontal lobe about one third of a second before an insightful "Aha!" moment is experienced.

Patients with prefrontal cortex damage make more risky choices than do non-brain-damaged individuals.

Logic is another term for the process of reasoning.

On average, patients with prefrontal cortex damage are less sensitive to the future consequences of their behavior than non-brain-damaged individuals.

The brain appears to be hardwired such that certain areas of the brain respond more strongly to some categories than others.

One of the challenges to the success of analogical problem solving is that people are strongly affected by superficial similarities between problems when the relationship between analogous problems often lies deep in their structure.

The sunk-cost fallacy states that people tend to make poorer financial decisions when information is presented in probability form relative to frequency form.

The most common way of forming categories is by specifying the necessary and sufficient conditions for membership.

The best, or most typical, member of a category is called an exemplar.

fMRI studies have revealed that visual processing is an important component of exemplar-based learning.

Morphological rules and syntactical rules are part of grammar.

Means-ends analysis is a type of theoretical reasoning.

Eleanor Rosch developed both family resemblance theory and prototype theory.

Apes who have acquired the use of human language usually can construct complex, grammatically correct sentences.

Fast mapping occurs when children associate a word with its underlying concept after a single exposure to that word.

People who are blind from birth show category-specific deficits for objects that are categorized in the visual cortex.

If someone cannot identify a hammer, wrench, and screwdriver, that person also probably will have difficulty identifying different fruits and vegetables.

Section 1: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 3: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 5: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 6 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 1: Methods in Psychology

Section 2: Methods in Psychology

Section 3: Methods in Psychology

Section 4: Methods in Psychology

Section 5: Methods in Psychology

Section 6: Methods in Psychology

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 6: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1 : Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 6: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness

Section 2: Consciousness

Section 3: Consciousness

Section 4: Consciousness

Section 5: Consciousness

Section 6: Consciousness

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 6: Memory

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5 : Learning

Section 6: Learning

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation

Section 3: Emotion and Motivation

Section 4: Emotion and Motivation

Section 5: Emotion and Motivation

Section 6: Emotion and Motivation

Section 1: Language and Thought

Section 2: Language and Thought

Section 3: Language and Thought

Section 5: Language and Thought

Section 6: Language and Thought

Section 1: Intelligence

Section 2: Intelligence

Section 3: Intelligence

Section 4 : Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence

Section 6 : Intelligence

Section 1: Development

Section 2: Development