Cognitive Psychology: Thinking & Language

Marie has to assemble a shelf but cannot find her screwdriver. Which of the following would help her complete this task?

a problem-solving method that continues to be applied because it was successful in the past even though it isn't now

A word or part of a word that is meaningful, but can't be further broken into smaller meaningful units, is called a

Raymond Cattell: the ability to understand logical relationships, reason abstractly, and learn quickly is....

Politicians label a military action as a "preemptive strike" NOT "invasion." Why?

When trying to solve a problem, Bret uses a logical, step-by-step formula called..

Acing an achievement test can allow a student to be exempted from a college course.

Charles Spearman’s concept of g is most accurately defined as...

(IQ) has traditionally been based on the relationship between an individual's mental age and their....

A prototype is best defined as...

Which of the following types of intelligence would be most important in answering trivia questions?

All human languages have several basic sounds in common called

You run out of wrapping paper when wrapping presents, so you use newspaper instead. You have overcome...

Creativity is most closely associated with which of the following?

An otherwise mentally challenged person who has genius-level piano playing abilities demonstrates...

A test that is valid must...

Who believed that language is learned only through the environment-conditioning/modeling?

Mary was out of coffee filters.She didn't think to use a paper towel. What is this an ex. of?

Chomsky believes our capacity for language is natural and quick because of

Even though the link has been disproven, many do not vaccinate for fear it causes autism. Why?

Which of the following methods is used in studies designed to determine the primary components of intelligence

A 65-year-old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a..

Illusory correlation is a tendency to perceive a relationship when one does not exist, merely because of co-occurrence.

The USA went to war with Iraq on the false belief it had weapons of mass destruction . Ex. of ?

The Flynn effect is best illustrated by which of the following statements?

The tendency to approach a problem in a certain way esp. one that worked in the past.

Who suggested that intelligence can be classified into general and specific intelligence factors?

A dog bit Sam when he was little so now he thinks all dogs bite. Which is a type of reasoning that Sam is using?

The smallest unit of language that carries meaning.

By the time infants are 10 months old,

Matt’s parents & all their friends are chefs, so Matt believes that lots of adults are chefs. This is an example of...

After watching Forensic Files and learning who the killer was, you say "I could've told you it was him from the start!"

Which of the following refers to the potential of an individual to perform an as-yet-unlearned task?

No screwdriver? Can't fix it. You don't think to use a butter knife instead.

Aptitude tests measures a student’s potential ability

Gambling is perpetuated partly b/c we can easily remember the times we won. Example of?

The Flynn effect refers to the...

What is Whorf's theory that differences in language cause differences in perceptions/thinking?