Exam 9: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Fear of not being able to control something is to ________ as our ancestral history is to _______.

Spearman's g factor refers to

Experts who defend intelligence tests against the charge of being culturally biased and discriminatory would be most likely to highlight the ________ of intelligence tests.

For many skills,childhood represents a(n)________ for mastery of that skill.

When Quang couldn't find his wallet,he began to wonder about his roommate's honesty.Although Quang later recalled that he had left his wallet in the glove compartment of his car,he continued to doubt his roommate's honesty.Quang's irrational thinking best illustrates

Which of the following would be most characteristic of a 2-year-old's telegraphic speech?

The role of intense,daily practice in developing expert performance skills is known as

Introductory psychology students facing a midterm exam one week later spent five minutes each day visualizing themselves scanning the posted grade list,seeing their A grade,and feeling proud.This ________ simulation had ________ effect on their exam scores.

The representativeness heuristic is defined as

No matter what language we first use,our first words are mostly

On average,the intelligence test scores of the Dingbats are much higher than those of the Dodos.The difference in the average test scores of the two groups might be a product of

Animal trainers' expectations may have led them to interpret some chimpanzees' signs as indicative of greater linguistic ability than is warranted.This best illustrates the shortcoming of

Which of the following individuals is most likely to experience the stereotype threat?

Human language appears to have evolved from

People scoring higher on the Scottish national intelligence test at age 11 tended to ________ than those who scored lower.

Bilingual people,who inhibit one language while using the other,can better inhibit their attention to irrelevant information.This has been called

By encouraging people to imagine their homes being destroyed by winds from a hurricane,insurance salespeople are especially successful at selling expensive homeowners' policies.They are most clearly exploiting the influence of

By learning to classify cats and dogs,monkeys demonstrate a capacity to form

Unlike the use of algorithms or heuristics,insight does not involve

Professor Pegler's research efforts focus on how the use of heuristics influences the way people assess financial risks.Which specialty area is he most interested in studying?