Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

The sentence,"Colorless ideas sleep furiously" has ________.

A group of businessmen and women get together to try to solve the problem of decreased sales of their company's products.One of them suggests that they generate as many ideas as they can in a short period of time without being critical of any of them.This technique of stimulating divergent thinking is called _____________.

The divergent thinking technique of starting with a central idea and drawing a "map" with lines from the center to other related ideas and then forming a mental image of the concepts and their connections is known as __________.

The ability to think rationally or logically,and use resources effectively when faced with challenges or problems is the psychologist's working definition of ____________.

Discuss how heredity is related to intelligence and IQ scores.What is the controversy about the role of race and ethnicity in IQ and intelligence? Evaluate the claims of those who think race is related to IQ and intelligence.

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

The term Terman's Termites refers to __________ .

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.

Language is based on basic sound units called ______.

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

The practical aspects of communicating with others,or the social "niceties" of language,are referred to as __________.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about Terman's longitudinal study of gifted children?

When we consider intelligence,it is important to remember that although _______ sets limits on a child's potential,it is the _______ that permits that potential to be actualized.

A test is said to be reliable if _________________.

Coming up with as many different uses of a brick as possible,such as using them for doorstops,is a type of ________ thinking.

A system for combining symbols so that an infinite number of meaningful statements can be made is called ______.

Give a definition and example of mental set.

In school,you may have learned the rule of how to determine the area of a circle.The formula was $\pi$ R².This formula always guarantees a solution and that you will be able to determine the area.Thus,the formula is an example of an algorithm.

Young children sometimes literally interpret sentences like "Do you know where your mommy is?" by answering "Yes." They failed to understand the ________ of the question.

Which of the following people would be classified as having a profound developmental delay?