Question 1

The expectation that a minister will give a sermon in church,whereas a professor will give a lecture in class,comes from this property of schemas:

Accepted Answer

A)   categories contain exemplars
B)   concepts contain prototypes
C)   common situations have consistent attributes
D)   people have specific roles within situational contexts D

Question 2

Which of the following factors are associated with greater longevity?

Accepted Answer

A)   high intelligence and faster reaction time
B)   larger memory span and high intelligence
C)   faster reaction time and larger memory span
D)   faster reaction time A

Question 3

Your best strategy would be to use a heuristic if _____ is most important; your best strategy would be to use an algorithm if _____ is most important.

Accepted Answer

A)   being thorough; ease
B)   ease; being thorough
C)   time; being right
D)   being right; time C

Question 4

If companies want to encourage people to stay in the workforce as they age,they can create jobs that involve more use of _____ and less use of _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   creative thinking; logical knowledge and skills
B)   existing knowledge and skills; quick and flexible thinking
C)   understanding of daily routines; analytical thinking
D)   verbal skills and knowledge; spatial skills and knowledge

Question 5

Sun is a wonderful history student.According to Spearman's theory,her abilities at science should be _____; according to Gardner's theory,her abilities at science should be _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   high; unrelated
B)   low; high
C)   high; high
D)   unrelated; high

Question 6

Dr.Bui is conducting a series of studies examining the speed at which people can complete different cognitive tasks.She plans to examine the results to determine how information is processed in these tasks.What approach is Dr.Bui using toward the study of intelligence?

Accepted Answer

A)   biological
B)   analytical
C)   fluid
D)   cognitive

Question 7

Even though Vince sits with Hannah in class,he asks Ruiz to be his study partner,because Ruiz works harder than Hannah.In thinking about this decision,Vince used which one of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)   friend
B)   notes
C)   book
D)   exam

Question 8

An advantage of the prototype model is that:

Accepted Answer

A)   it represents a combination of typical attributes
B)   a particular prototype can be chosen for different reasons
C)   it allows for flexibility in the representation of concepts
D)   all of the above

Question 9

You are given a problem in the form of a categorical syllogism: "If all Xs have Ys and all Ys have Zs,then...." What is the answer?

Accepted Answer

A)   All Ys have Zs.
B)   All Zs have Xs.
C)   All Xs have Zs.
D)   All Ys have Xs.

Question 10

The Law School Admissions Test (LSAT)is designed to measure someone's ability to think logically.This ability is predictive of success in law school and as a practicing attorney.The LSAT is a(n)_____ test.

Accepted Answer

A)   aptitude
B)   achievement
C)   general ability
D)   standardized

Question 11

A(n)_____ is a(n)_____ of a sequence of events.

Accepted Answer

A)   procedure; outline
B)   schema; script
C)   script; schema
D)   outline; procedure

Question 12

Rhianna and Michael are going on a first date.He shows up in jeans and a T-shirt,whereas she shows up in an elegant dress.Rhianna is upset because she thinks Michael's casual dress meant that he did not think enough of her to want to look good.She might be comforted if she knew that she and Michael probably have conflicting _____ of a date.

Accepted Answer

A)   concepts
B)   exemplars
C)   prototypes
D)   schemas

Question 13

Our ability to learn,understand ideas,use knowledge to solve problems,and adapt to our environments is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   thought
B)   intelligence
C)   cognition
D)   insight

Question 14

Samantha is participating in a psychology experiment in which she sees a sentence on a computer screen and is to decide as quickly as possible whether the sentence is true or false.According to the defining attribute model,Samantha would _____ answer "true" to the sentence "A penguin is a bird" as she is to answer "true" to the sentence "A robin is a bird."

Accepted Answer

A)   be more likely to
B)   be less likely to
C)   be equally likely to
D)   not

Question 15

Research on the brain development of mice that are raised in environments offering different degrees of stimulation suggests that the increased intelligence seen in children raised in more stimulating environments is due to:

Accepted Answer

A)   activation of genes involved in forming new neurotransmitters
B)   increases in the kinds of neurons formed
C)   increases in the number of new neurons formed
D)   more synaptic connections

Question 16

A grocery store manager decides to combat shoplifting by requiring customers to pay somewhat more than the estimated cost of their groceries when they enter the store,and get their change when they leave.Customers are confused and unhappy about this change in the shopping:

Accepted Answer

A)   reasoning
B)   script
C)   prototype
D)   concept

Question 17

Why is categorization an efficient way of thinking?

Accepted Answer

A)   It reduces the amount of information about a concept in memory.
B)   It makes information about a concept more specific.
C)   It reduces the number of concepts held in memory.
D)   It prioritizes the important information in a concept.

Question 18

Josh was trying to decide which of two people to hire for a job.Donna told him a story about her parents deciding to get two cats when they could not decide which one to buy.Josh recognized that hiring both people would solve his problem as well.Josh has:

Accepted Answer

A)   restructured his problem
B)   worked backward from an end state
C)   used an appropriate analogy
D)   overcome a mental set

Question 19

Many school systems advocate having children who turn 5 just before the school entry deadline wait a year so that they will be more socially mature when they start kindergarten.What does the literature on IQ scores suggest about a possible consequence of this approach?

Accepted Answer

A)   The delayed schooling may lower their IQs.
B)   They may have higher IQs when they start school.
C)   There may be effects on achievement but not on IQ.
D)   Added social maturity may facilitate IQ development.

Question 20

Mikhail is a high achiever in the fields of math and science.According to Spearman's theory of general intelligence (g),Mikhail's performance in literature and history:

Accepted Answer

A)   should not be very good
B)   may be completely unrelated
C)   should be fairly average
D)   should also be very good

Exam 8: Thinking and Intelligence

The expectation that a minister will give a sermon in church,whereas a professor will give a lecture in class,comes from this property of schemas:

Which of the following factors are associated with greater longevity?

Your best strategy would be to use a heuristic if _ is most important; your best strategy would be to use an algorithm if _ is most important.

If companies want to encourage people to stay in the workforce as they age,they can create jobs that involve more use of _ and less use of _.

Sun is a wonderful history student.According to Spearman's theory,her abilities at science should be _; according to Gardner's theory,her abilities at science should be _.

Dr.Bui is conducting a series of studies examining the speed at which people can complete different cognitive tasks.She plans to examine the results to determine how information is processed in these tasks.What approach is Dr.Bui using toward the study of intelligence?

Even though Vince sits with Hannah in class,he asks Ruiz to be his study partner,because Ruiz works harder than Hannah.In thinking about this decision,Vince used which one of the following concepts?

An advantage of the prototype model is that:

You are given a problem in the form of a categorical syllogism: "If all Xs have Ys and all Ys have Zs,then...." What is the answer?

The Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is designed to measure someone's ability to think logically.This ability is predictive of success in law school and as a practicing attorney.The LSAT is a(n) _____ test.

A(n) _ is a(n) _ of a sequence of events.

Our ability to learn,understand ideas,use knowledge to solve problems,and adapt to our environments is called:

Research on the brain development of mice that are raised in environments offering different degrees of stimulation suggests that the increased intelligence seen in children raised in more stimulating environments is due to:

A grocery store manager decides to combat shoplifting by requiring customers to pay somewhat more than the estimated cost of their groceries when they enter the store,and get their change when they leave.Customers are confused and unhappy about this change in the shopping:

Why is categorization an efficient way of thinking?

Josh was trying to decide which of two people to hire for a job.Donna told him a story about her parents deciding to get two cats when they could not decide which one to buy.Josh recognized that hiring both people would solve his problem as well.Josh has:

Many school systems advocate having children who turn 5 just before the school entry deadline wait a year so that they will be more socially mature when they start kindergarten.What does the literature on IQ scores suggest about a possible consequence of this approach?

Mikhail is a high achiever in the fields of math and science.According to Spearman's theory of general intelligence (g) ,Mikhail's performance in literature and history:

Exam 8: Thinking and Intelligence

The expectation that a minister will give a sermon in church,whereas a professor will give a lecture in class,comes from this property of schemas:

Which of the following factors are associated with greater longevity?

Your best strategy would be to use a heuristic if _____ is most important; your best strategy would be to use an algorithm if _____ is most important.

If companies want to encourage people to stay in the workforce as they age,they can create jobs that involve more use of _____ and less use of _____.

Sun is a wonderful history student.According to Spearman's theory,her abilities at science should be _____; according to Gardner's theory,her abilities at science should be _____.

Dr.Bui is conducting a series of studies examining the speed at which people can complete different cognitive tasks.She plans to examine the results to determine how information is processed in these tasks.What approach is Dr.Bui using toward the study of intelligence?

Even though Vince sits with Hannah in class,he asks Ruiz to be his study partner,because Ruiz works harder than Hannah.In thinking about this decision,Vince used which one of the following concepts?

An advantage of the prototype model is that:

You are given a problem in the form of a categorical syllogism: "If all Xs have Ys and all Ys have Zs,then...." What is the answer?

The Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is designed to measure someone's ability to think logically.This ability is predictive of success in law school and as a practicing attorney.The LSAT is a(n) _____ test.

A(n) _____ is a(n) _____ of a sequence of events.

Our ability to learn,understand ideas,use knowledge to solve problems,and adapt to our environments is called:

Research on the brain development of mice that are raised in environments offering different degrees of stimulation suggests that the increased intelligence seen in children raised in more stimulating environments is due to:

A grocery store manager decides to combat shoplifting by requiring customers to pay somewhat more than the estimated cost of their groceries when they enter the store,and get their change when they leave.Customers are confused and unhappy about this change in the shopping:

Why is categorization an efficient way of thinking?

Josh was trying to decide which of two people to hire for a job.Donna told him a story about her parents deciding to get two cats when they could not decide which one to buy.Josh recognized that hiring both people would solve his problem as well.Josh has:

Many school systems advocate having children who turn 5 just before the school entry deadline wait a year so that they will be more socially mature when they start kindergarten.What does the literature on IQ scores suggest about a possible consequence of this approach?

Mikhail is a high achiever in the fields of math and science.According to Spearman's theory of general intelligence (g) ,Mikhail's performance in literature and history:

Your best strategy would be to use a heuristic if _ is most important; your best strategy would be to use an algorithm if _ is most important.

If companies want to encourage people to stay in the workforce as they age,they can create jobs that involve more use of _ and less use of _.

Sun is a wonderful history student.According to Spearman's theory,her abilities at science should be _; according to Gardner's theory,her abilities at science should be _.

A(n) _ is a(n) _ of a sequence of events.