Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

You ask a student to describe the path to his dorm room.The most likely way in which he will do this is to _________.

People began measuring intelligence through tests roughly__________ years ago.

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 ____________.

In order to conclusively show that animals do use language,one would have to demonstrate that _____________.

Language is based on sound units called morphemes.

Binet and Simon considered children relatively slow if their ________.

The first thing that comes to mind when asked to name an example from a category is called the ________.

The ability to solve problems by combining behaviors and ideas in new ways is called ____________.

The concept of the confirmation bias specifically assumes that we are most likely to believe________.

The rhythm and emphasis on each word is called ____________.

Kosslyn asked subjects if frogs have lips and a stubby tail.What did the subjects report?

When people are asked to relate how many windows they have in the place where they live,the amount of time to answer doesn't depend on the number of windows.

Riley has figured out how to unlock his bedroom door with a paper cli

Dolphins,according to TV and movies,are very intelligent and have strong language abilities.They might even be able to talk! However,which statement is true from the research?

Charles Spearman believed that intelligence is composed of ____________.

Talia is looking for her cat by methodically searching each room and then closing the door.She is using what type of problem solving strategy?

An 8-year-old child who scored like an average 10-year-old on an intelligence test would have a mental age of ________ and an IQ of ________.

In Kosslyn's "imaginary island" study,researchers found that it does take longer to view a mental image that _____________.

An IQ test is developed that supposedly measures people's intelligence.It is given to a large and random sample of college students.It is found that the test correlates in a highly positive manner with the students' GPAs.The test designer may be justified in claiming that the test is valid.

Give a brief definition of the term concept.