Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

An advantage of algorithms over heuristic is ________

According to famed linguist Noam Chomsky,humans have an innate ability to understand and produce language through a device he called

When a problem is seen as having only one answer,with all lines of thinking leading to that answer,this is known as divergent thinking.

Fragile X,Down syndrome,and fetal alcohol syndrome are all forms of mental retardation or developmental delay.

In familial retardation,the degree of retardation is typically _______________.

Which of the following reduces the value of twin studies as evidence for the role of heredity in determining IQ?

According to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD),diagnosis of developmental disability should consider _________________.

Poor nutrition and medical care,poor living conditions (older,cheaper buildings often have lead paint on the walls),and a lack of intellectual support are thought to lead to ________________.

Beliefs that being gifted or a genius lead to being weird,socially awkward,or more likely to suffer from mental illnesses were put to rest by ___________.

It is commonly thought that people who are "gifted" have various physical,psychological,and personality problems.What is really known about this common idea and what did a famous study find out about the gifted?

What three types of intelligence constitute Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence?

Psychological tests that yield relatively consistent results are said to be __________.

Which of the following is NOT an animal that has been taught to produce behavior that some think is language like?

Concepts are ideas that represent ___________.

A famous lecturer argues that because the Hopi Indians have only two nouns for things that fly,one for birds and another for nonbirds,the Hopi MUST interpret all flying things in terms of these two nouns.This argument is based on ______.

Criticisms of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences include ________.

On a newly developed IQ test,an individual scores at the 110 level on the first half of the test,and 150 on the second half of the test.What does this test appear to lack?

Which of the following statements is true about infants?

If intelligence is determined primarily by heredity,which pair should show the highest correlation between IQ scores?

The communication between honeybees would not be classified as language because ____________.