Question 1

Humans rarely rely on "gut instinct" during decision making.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The study of phonemes is called ___.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The study of phonemes is called ___....

Question 3

Fiona is contemplating when she learned about her grandmother's sickness.She remembers how her father told her one morning at breakfast,and she wonders about all the other mornings that he must have wanted to tell her.What kind of thinking is Fiona engaging in?

Accepted Answer

A)  metacognition 
B)  executive decision making 
C)  mental set 
D)  bounded rationality 
A)  metacognition 
B)  executive decision making 
C)  mental set 
D)  bounded rationality

Question 4

Ashanti is 4; Brian is 7; Cleo is 11.Which of these children can modulate his or her impulses for the good of peers? Which of these children can regulate his or her impulses for long-term future benefits?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only Cleo can modulate her impulses for the good of peers. None of these children can regulate his or her impulses for long-term future benefits. 
B)  Brian and Cleo can modulate their impulses for the good of peers. Only Cleo can regulate her impulses for long-term future benefits. 
C)  All three children can modulate their impulses for the good of peers. Brian and Cleo can regulate their impulses for long-term future benefits. 
D)  All three children can modulate their impulses for the good of peers. Only Cleo can regulate her impulses for long-term future benefits. 
A)  Only Cleo can modulate her impulses for the good of peers. None of these children can regulate his or her impulses for long-term future benefits. 
B)  Brian and Cleo can modulate their impulses for the good of peers. Only Cleo can regulate her impulses for long-term future benefits. 
C)  All three children can modulate their impulses for the good of peers. Brian and Cleo can regulate their impulses for long-term future benefits. 
D)  All three children can modulate their impulses for the good of peers. Only Cleo can regulate her impulses for long-term future benefits.

Question 5

Provide an example of non-verbal communication that you have encountered and explain how it actively changed the connotation of the words that were spoken.

Accepted Answer

Provide an example in which the verbiage

Question 6

Eight-month old Ryan has just said "dada" for the first time.His parents are so happy,they hug him and cheer for him.Ryan,also smiles and then says "dada" again.Whose theory of language development is supported by this example?

Accepted Answer

A)  B. F. Skinner 
B)  Naom Chomsky 
C)  Benjamin Whorf 
D)  Amos Tversky 
A)  B. F. Skinner 
B)  Naom Chomsky 
C)  Benjamin Whorf 
D)  Amos Tversky

Question 7

"Convert to a mixed numeral: 18/5," states one problem in a fifth-grader's arithmetic text.This is a(n)___ problem.The ___ state is 3 3/5.

Accepted Answer

A)  well-defined; terminal 
B)  well-defined; goal 
C)  ill-defined; terminal 
D)  ill-defined; goal 
A)  well-defined; terminal 
B)  well-defined; goal 
C)  ill-defined; terminal 
D)  ill-defined; goal

Question 8

Dr.Regdan shows participants a stylized map of a fictitious city.The map includes landmarks,such as a post office,a library,a shopping mall,a bus depot,and airport.Some of the landmarks are close together,such as the library and the post office.Others are far apart,such as the airport and the shopping mall.Dr.Regdan removes the map.Participants are asked to imagine walking from one landmark to another,either a nearby one or a more distant one.Participants press a key when they've reached the destination in their minds.What should Dr.Regdan find? What would such a result say about mental imagery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant landmarks as between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects. 
B)  Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant landmarks as between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects. 
C)  Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant landmarks than between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects. 
D)  Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant landmarks than between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects. 
A)  Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant landmarks as between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects. 
B)  Participants should take the same amount of time to travel mentally between distant landmarks as between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects. 
C)  Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant landmarks than between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery reflects the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects. 
D)  Participants should take longer to travel mentally between distant landmarks than between close landmarks. This result would suggest that mental imagery does not reflect the actual actions we perform with respect to real objects.

Question 9

How do we know that mental imagery CANNOT be the only means we have of representing thoughts?

Accepted Answer

A)  We know that most people rely primarily on language to represent thoughts. 
B)  There are many concepts that do not have an adequate mental image. 
C)  Most thoughts are too dynamic to represent with a static mental image. 
D)  Prior to the development of language, thoughts are very basic and limited. 
A)  We know that most people rely primarily on language to represent thoughts. 
B)  There are many concepts that do not have an adequate mental image. 
C)  Most thoughts are too dynamic to represent with a static mental image. 
D)  Prior to the development of language, thoughts are very basic and limited.

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of overregularization in language?

Accepted Answer

A)  "I runned so fast." 
B)  "I always drink juice." 
C)  "Dada up." 
D)  "All gone juice." 
A)  "I runned so fast." 
B)  "I always drink juice." 
C)  "Dada up." 
D)  "All gone juice."

Question 11

Which of the following sequences correctly orders the components of language,from the smallest or most specific to the broadest?

Accepted Answer

A)  phoneme ? morpheme ? syntax 
B)  syntax ? morpheme ? phoneme 
C)  phoneme ? syntax ? morpheme 
D)  syntax ? phoneme ? morpheme 
A)  phoneme ? morpheme ? syntax 
B)  syntax ? morpheme ? phoneme 
C)  phoneme ? syntax ? morpheme 
D)  syntax ? phoneme ? morpheme

Question 12

Avigail felt bad about herself because she continued to dwell on the uncontrolled behaviour she exhibited at a party last weekend.What form of metacognition does this example represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  theory of mind 
B)  self-reflection 
C)  metacognition 
D)  sense of self 
A)  theory of mind 
B)  self-reflection 
C)  metacognition 
D)  sense of self

Question 13

The term "aphasia" refers to a deficit in ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  language comprehension 
B)  language production 
C)  language development 
D)  either language production or language comprehension 
A)  language comprehension 
B)  language production 
C)  language development 
D)  either language production or language comprehension

Question 14

A researcher shows pairs of colour patches to Canadian university students and members of the Dani culture in Papua,New Guinea.The colour members of each pair are the same or slightly different in hue.Both groups of participants are asked if the members of each colour pair are the same or different.The researcher records the accuracy of all participants' colour discrimination.Which is the dependent variable in this study? What should the researcher find?

Accepted Answer

A)  Colour discrimination accuracy is the dependent variable. The researcher should find no difference in colour discrimination accuracy between the two groups. 
B)  Colour discrimination accuracy is the dependent variable. The researcher should find that colour discrimination accuracy is higher among the Canadian than among the Dani participants. 
C)  Participant group is the dependent variable. The researcher should find no difference in colour discrimination accuracy between the two groups. 
D)  Participant group is the dependent variable. The researcher should find that colour discrimination accuracy is higher among the Canadian than among the Dani participants. 
A)  Colour discrimination accuracy is the dependent variable. The researcher should find no difference in colour discrimination accuracy between the two groups. 
B)  Colour discrimination accuracy is the dependent variable. The researcher should find that colour discrimination accuracy is higher among the Canadian than among the Dani participants. 
C)  Participant group is the dependent variable. The researcher should find no difference in colour discrimination accuracy between the two groups. 
D)  Participant group is the dependent variable. The researcher should find that colour discrimination accuracy is higher among the Canadian than among the Dani participants.

Question 15

Lying to avoid punishment is essentially universal among children by the time they are about ___ years of age.

Accepted Answer

A)  3 
B)  4 
C)  5 
D)  7 
A)  3 
B)  4 
C)  5 
D)  7

Question 16

Why is animal communication NOT a language?

Accepted Answer

Animal vocalizations

Question 17

The difference between the representativeness heuristic and the availability heuristic is that the representativeness heuristic assumes that ___,and the availability heuristic assumes that ___.

Accepted Answer

A)  we tend to look for information that supports our current beliefs; all members of a category are like the average of that category 
B)  all members of a category share similar characteristics; events that are easy to bring to mind are more common 
C)  our ability to make rational decisions is limited by things beyond our control; we use whatever information is available to evaluate our options 
D)  we tend to view objects as having only one purpose or use; we tend to use whatever strategies have worked in the past 
A)  we tend to look for information that supports our current beliefs; all members of a category are like the average of that category 
B)  all members of a category share similar characteristics; events that are easy to bring to mind are more common 
C)  our ability to make rational decisions is limited by things beyond our control; we use whatever information is available to evaluate our options 
D)  we tend to view objects as having only one purpose or use; we tend to use whatever strategies have worked in the past

Question 18

Suppose that Léa speaks a language that has only two words for weight (heavy and light),while Shira speaks a language that has a dozen different words for different weights.According to the linguistic relativity hypothesis,what would you expect about each person's ability to discriminate different weights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Léa would be better at discriminating different weights. 
B)  Shira would be better at discriminating different weights. 
C)  there would be no difference in how the two people discriminate different weights. 
D)  Léa would be better at discriminating subtle differences in weight and Shira would be better at discriminating significant differences in weight. 
A)  Léa would be better at discriminating different weights. 
B)  Shira would be better at discriminating different weights. 
C)  there would be no difference in how the two people discriminate different weights. 
D)  Léa would be better at discriminating subtle differences in weight and Shira would be better at discriminating significant differences in weight.

Question 19

According to Kahneman,what makes predicting human behaviour during decision making extremely difficult?

Accepted Answer

A)  emotion 
B)  limited information 
C)  external pressures 
D)  bounded rationality 
A)  emotion 
B)  limited information 
C)  external pressures 
D)  bounded rationality

Question 20

Maya said,"I thinked about it." This is an example of the linguistic error called ___.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Maya said,"I thinked about it." This is...

Humans rarely rely on "gut instinct" during decision making.

The study of phonemes is called ___.

Fiona is contemplating when she learned about her grandmother's sickness.She remembers how her father told her one morning at breakfast,and she wonders about all the other mornings that he must have wanted to tell her.What kind of thinking is Fiona engaging in?

Ashanti is 4; Brian is 7; Cleo is 11.Which of these children can modulate his or her impulses for the good of peers? Which of these children can regulate his or her impulses for long-term future benefits?

Provide an example of non-verbal communication that you have encountered and explain how it actively changed the connotation of the words that were spoken.

Eight-month old Ryan has just said "dada" for the first time.His parents are so happy,they hug him and cheer for him.Ryan,also smiles and then says "dada" again.Whose theory of language development is supported by this example?

"Convert to a mixed numeral: 18/5," states one problem in a fifth-grader's arithmetic text.This is a(n)_ problem.The _ state is 3 3/5.

How do we know that mental imagery CANNOT be the only means we have of representing thoughts?

Which of the following is an example of overregularization in language?

Which of the following sequences correctly orders the components of language,from the smallest or most specific to the broadest?

Avigail felt bad about herself because she continued to dwell on the uncontrolled behaviour she exhibited at a party last weekend.What form of metacognition does this example represent?

The term "aphasia" refers to a deficit in ___.

Lying to avoid punishment is essentially universal among children by the time they are about ___ years of age.

Why is animal communication NOT a language?

The difference between the representativeness heuristic and the availability heuristic is that the representativeness heuristic assumes that _,and the availability heuristic assumes that _.

According to Kahneman,what makes predicting human behaviour during decision making extremely difficult?

Maya said,"I thinked about it." This is an example of the linguistic error called ___.

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Humans rarely rely on "gut instinct" during decision making.

The study of phonemes is called ___.

Fiona is contemplating when she learned about her grandmother's sickness.She remembers how her father told her one morning at breakfast,and she wonders about all the other mornings that he must have wanted to tell her.What kind of thinking is Fiona engaging in?

Ashanti is 4; Brian is 7; Cleo is 11.Which of these children can modulate his or her impulses for the good of peers? Which of these children can regulate his or her impulses for long-term future benefits?

Provide an example of non-verbal communication that you have encountered and explain how it actively changed the connotation of the words that were spoken.

Eight-month old Ryan has just said "dada" for the first time.His parents are so happy,they hug him and cheer for him.Ryan,also smiles and then says "dada" again.Whose theory of language development is supported by this example?

"Convert to a mixed numeral: 18/5," states one problem in a fifth-grader's arithmetic text.This is a(n)___ problem.The ___ state is 3 3/5.

How do we know that mental imagery CANNOT be the only means we have of representing thoughts?

Which of the following is an example of overregularization in language?

Which of the following sequences correctly orders the components of language,from the smallest or most specific to the broadest?

Avigail felt bad about herself because she continued to dwell on the uncontrolled behaviour she exhibited at a party last weekend.What form of metacognition does this example represent?

The term "aphasia" refers to a deficit in ___.

Lying to avoid punishment is essentially universal among children by the time they are about ___ years of age.

Why is animal communication NOT a language?

The difference between the representativeness heuristic and the availability heuristic is that the representativeness heuristic assumes that ___,and the availability heuristic assumes that ___.

According to Kahneman,what makes predicting human behaviour during decision making extremely difficult?

Maya said,"I thinked about it." This is an example of the linguistic error called ___.

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Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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"Convert to a mixed numeral: 18/5," states one problem in a fifth-grader's arithmetic text.This is a(n)_ problem.The _ state is 3 3/5.

The difference between the representativeness heuristic and the availability heuristic is that the representativeness heuristic assumes that _,and the availability heuristic assumes that _.