Exam 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

According to the textbook, which of the following cognitive abilities is NOT an aspect of what is commonly called intelligence?

Derek learns that his apartment building has been sold and that he has to move by the end of the month. He develops the following plan of action: (1) look for a new apartment; (2) arrange for utilities; (3) contact a moving company and schedule the move; (4) start collecting empty boxes; (5) pack nonessential items first; and so forth. What kind of problem-solving strategy is Derek using to solve the problem of moving before the end of the month?

Scores on tests of individual differences, including intelligence test scores, often follow a pattern in which most scores are in the average range, with fewer scores in the extremely high or extremely low range. What is this pattern of distribution of scores called?

Bilingualism is rare worldwide, and very few people are bilingual.

One way to creatively generate new ideas is to consider a problem from different angles or from a variety of perspectives, a technique that is called:

Dividing a person's mental age by chronological age and multiplying the answer by 100 is:

Under some circumstances, external rewards, such as awards, money, or grades, can motivate creative behavior.

Benjamin Whorf is best known in psychology for his:

Howard Gardner used the "two pots" analogy to help explain the relationship between cultural values, the development of agriculture, and the evolution of linguistic and analytical intelligence.

As discussed in the Prologue, Tom had been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome (now considered a mild form of autism spectrum disorder). According to the In Focus box on neurodiversity, Tom is likely to:

The act of creativity is typically:

A decision-making strategy that involves evaluating all the options, one characteristic at a time, starting with the most important, and discarding an option if it doesn't meet that criterion, is called the:

_____ share exactly the same genes, and thus any differences between them must be due to environmental factors rather than hereditary differences.

We form a(n) _____ concept by learning the rules or features that define it.

Validity means that a test consistently produces similar scores on different occasions.

American psychologist Lewis Terman translated and adapted Binet's intelligence test. Terman called this test the:

Philip, who displays the hallmark characteristics of autism spectrum disorder, is likely to have:

According to Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence, a talented musician would probably also have high scores on tests of linguistic and intrapersonal intelligence because of the interdependence of multiple intelligences.

Trial and error is a problem-solving strategy that involves attempting different solutions and eliminating those that do not work.

Rick asks you how many stop signs you encounter on your drive home. To answer his question, you probably rely on a: