Review: Thinking, Language, & Intelligence

The earliest stage of speech development is called the ______ stage.

Which group would have the lowest standard deviation of IQ scores? 

A 12-year-old that responded to the Stanford-Binet like a 9-year-old would have an IQ score of

In order to combine words into grammatically sensible sentences, one should follow rules of

A measure used to quantify the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data is called

Individuals with Down syndrome are

A test that measures or predicts what it is supposed to is said to have a high

The WAIS consists of separate _____ subtests.

Telegraphic speech is closely associated with the ______ stage of language.

The widely used American revision of Binet's IQ test was developed by

Children first begin to use sounds to communicate meaning during the _____ stage.

In the debate of language development, nature is to nurture as _____ is to ______.

What is true of positively skewed data?

An architect has spatial intelligence and a gymnast kinesthetic intelligence. Who would agree?

Because a yellow lab has all the features commonly associated with a dog, a lab is considered

The clustering of similar test questions is called

What is the best advice to avoid belief perseverance?

The p-score that indicates the difference between groups is not likely due to chance is called

A mental set is most likely to inhibit

The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to 

Judging the likelihood of an event on the basis of how readily it comes to mind is called

"75% lean" yields a better response than "25% fat" because of 

The word "cats" contains ____ phoneme(s) and _____ morpheme(s)

Which subfield studies problem solving, decision making, and forming judgments?

If a test yields consistent results every time it is used, it has a high 

The smallest distinctive sound unit of language is a 

The characteristics of savant syndrome suggest that IQ is

4-year-old Wilbur performs on an IQ test at a level typical of a 4-year-old. His mental age is

Aptitude tests are to ____ as achievement tests are to _____.

The bell-shaped pattern of IQ test scores in the general public is called a

In the original Stanford-Binet test, IQ was defined as

The ability to control one's impulses and delay gratification is clearly a characteristic of

When we use the word "automobile" to refer to a category of vehicles, we are using a(n)

Intrinsic motivation is an important component of 

Whorf's linguistic determinism emphasizes that

Sue was surprised when the pilot of her flight, Alex, was a woman. This is an example of

When solving an anagram, one must try ALL possible combos of letters. This is an example of

Compared to divergent thinkers, convergent thinkers are more likely to

Students are often certain, yet wrong about the amount of time they need to study. This is 

Which of the following psychologists did NOT suggest more than one intelligence?

Mean, median, and mode are measures of

If a test is standardized, this means that 

About _____ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115.

What are the three categories of Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

The WAIS and WISC are

What is the Flynn effect?

Which measure of central tendency is most affected by a few extreme scores?

"A rocker was hit with eggs while playing his hit song" You know the meaning of 2 "hits" due to

If genetic factors contribute to IQ scores, then fraternal twins should have

The tendency to think of objects only in terms of their normal uses is called