Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

The term mental set refers to a particular decision-making strategy that is most often used under conditions of uncertainty.

The mental categories we have formed to group objects, events, or situations that share similar features or characteristics are called:

Insight is defined as:

Psychologist Eleanor Rosch noted that the rules or attributes that define categories of natural objects and events in everyday life are usually not as clear and distinct as those that define formal concepts. Thus, she described natural concepts as:

What were Alfred Binet's contributions to the development of intelligence tests?

Robert Sternberg believes that:

For the vast majority of words, the connection between the symbols and the meanings:

The hallmarks of autism spectrum disorder, according to the In Focus box on neurodiversity, are:

_____ theory emphasizes both the universal aspects of intelligent behavior and the importance of adapting to a particular social and cultural environment.

When reminded of the stereotype of the "elderly as forgetful," older adults scored lower on a memory test than a matched group not given that reminder did. This is an example of neurotypical threat.

Exemplars and prototypes are similar in that:

Your textbook discussed research on the effects of stereotype threat involving all of the following stereotypes EXCEPT:

Approximately what percentage of the population is likely to score above 145 or below 55 on an intelligence test?

Our memories of individual instances of a particular concept are called:

When a test has the ability to produce consistent results when administered on repeated occasions under similar conditions, it is said to be:

When a test has the ability to measure what it is intended to measure, it is said to be:

Unlike formal concepts, natural concepts tend to have fuzzy boundaries.

People from some cultural backgrounds may use different problem-solving strategies than those that are required for solving problems on standardized intelligence tests.

David Wechsler originally designed the WAIS to measure the mental abilities of children, while Lewis Terman originally developed the Stanford-Binet test to measure the mental abilities of adults.

Ali took a test that measured his level of knowledge, skills, and accomplishment in particular areas such as mathematics and writing ability. Ali took a(n) _____ test.