Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

People who are genetically unrelated but are raised in the same home have IQ scores that are more similar than those of genetically unrelated people raised in different homes.

Define bilingualism, and discuss the research findings related to being bilingual.

Contrast the viewpoints of Charles Spearman and Louis L. Thurstone on the nature of intelligence.

A formal concept is a mental category that is formed as a result of everyday experience.

David and Alice plan to vacation in Florida. They figure out the total cost of the trip and then decide how much they will have to put aside each week in order to be able to pay for their holiday. David and Alice are using:

Compare and contrast Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences and Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence.

Jonathan is a very bright 10-year-old with a mental age of 12. If tested on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, his IQ score would most likely be:

Robert Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence states that there are three forms of intelligence: analytic, creative, and practical.

Like Binet, Wechsler believed that:

_____ developed the first systematic intelligence test.

One day Ethan had "a feeling" that he was going to get a phone call from a long-lost friend. That evening, an old high school classmate called, inviting him to attend a class reunion. Now Ethan is telling everyone that he is psychic. According to your textbook, which cognitive bias provides the best explanation for Ethan's belief?

Being motivated by a challenge and a personal sense of satisfaction is to _____ as being motivated by rewards such as money, grades, or fame is to _____.

Ten-year-old Sydney's IQ score on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence test was 130. It is likely that her mental age is:

According to the two-stage model of intuition, the fact that the initial stage of intuition is unconscious means that it is also irrational and unlikely to generate accurate results.

Nathan's score on the WAIS was 105. Nathan's score indicates that he is in the:

Forming a mental image of a face or place involves activity in the same brain areas that are activated when people actually perceive a face or a place.

According to the Enhancing Well-Being with Psychology section "A Workshop on Creativity," creativity can be enhanced if you:

Although researchers once thought that primates were able to demonstrate primitive language skills, contemporary researchers have shown that the primates were simply producing learned responses to nonverbal cues.

Research on bilingualism has shown that people who have balanced fluency in two or more languages are better at taking the perspective of others and imagining how another person might view a particular situation.

Jonathan is untidy, outgoing, and a chain smoker. He frequently stays up late and has a very flexible work schedule. Given this description, most people would guess that Jonathan is a bartender (which he is not) rather than a tax accountant (which he is). This example illustrates the influence of: