Deck 7: Extension: Cognition and Mental Abilities

Question 1

A uniquely human capability that may separate us from all other animals is ________.

A) problem solving
B) color vision
C) language
D) emotion

Answer 1

language

Question 2

Allison takes a test on Monday and earns a score of 84. When she takes the same test again on Thursday she gets an 83. The test is apparently ________.

A) reliable
B) culture-fair
C) valid
D) content-related

Answer 2

reliable

Question 3

The linguistic relativity hypothesis suggests that ________.

A) perception of surface structure precedes deep structure in understanding a sentence
B) we decide which objects belong to a concept according to what is most probable or sensible, given the facts at hand
C) one's language determines the pattern of one's thinking and view of the world
D) one's thinking and view of the world determines the structure of one's language

Answer 3

one's language determines the pattern of one's thinking and view of the world

Question 4

Maureen is completing a chemistry project that must be written up using the metric system (i.e., milliliters), but her beaker is scaled in ounces. The best solution strategy for her problem involves a(n) ________.

A) compensatory model
B) algorithm
C) heuristic
D) subgoal

Question 5

In a study comparing American and Asian grade-school students in math performance, ________.

A) there were no significant differences in performance
B) American students lagged far behind Asian students
C) American students were slightly behind Asian students
D) Asian students lagged far behind American students

Question 6

Which of the following statements does not support the effects of environment on IQ?

A) Malnutrition during early childhood can result in lower IQ scores for the deprived children.
B) Identical twins reared apart have very similar IQ scores.
C) IQ scores among children partially depend on environmental stimulation.
D) Malnutrition during pregnancy can lower the IQ scores of the resulting children.

Question 7

A general term referring to the ability or abilities involved in learning and adaptive behavior is ________.

A) apperception
B) insight
C) affect
D) intelligence

Question 8

How effectively people perceive and understand their own feelings and the feelings of others, and can regulate and manage their own feeling-related behaviors is ________ intelligence.

A) maturational
B) empathic
C) emotional
D) emotive

Question 9

John and Bill are both employed in an advertising agency, and both have IQ scores of about 130. John is involved in the assignment of staff to various accounts and the scheduling of production activities. Bill is a commercial artist who decides on visual formats and does the original sketches. Which of the following is most likely to be true?

A) Co-workers perceive John as more mature.
B) Co-workers perceive John as more intelligent.
C) Co-workers perceive Bill as more intelligent.
D) Co-workers perceive Bill as more mature.

Question 10

John is taking his English Literature final on Friday, and he is trying to find strategies to cope with the problem of organizing the material. Which of the following is the best advice you could give him?

A) list all of the attributes of a good grade
B) adopt a policy of functional fixedness
C) visualize and diagram the material as much as possible
D) work at the highest pitched emotional level as possible