Unit 2C & 2D (Cognition: Reasoning, Logic, Language&Intelligence)

What is an active mental framework/category called?

What common property of language involves word order and grammatical rules?

What belief involves predicting the outcome of a chance event on the basis of the outcomes of past chance events?

Which of the following refers to the worldwide increase in intelligence test scores from the 1930s until around 2005?

People are often more afraid of flying than driving due to which reasoning error?

Which of the following states that one's language may control or limit one's thinking?

If I failed to realize that a fan can be used to prop up a door, what error have I committed?

Any pattern of sounds can refer to anything. What common property of lang. does this ex.?

What neurological problem is delayed in bilingual or multilingual people?

What type of concept is smaller and more specific/refined? (e.g., rye bread, Siamese cat, etc.)

Which tendency involves investing more $ in a stock that is losing value due to prior large investments in the stock?

What is the standardized mean on an IQ test?

When a company sells a product for $11.99 rather than $12, what does this exemplify?

What term did Charles Spearman apply to multidimensional intelligence that underlies all intelligent behavior?

What are the smallest units of a language that carry meaning called?

What is the member of a category that is most average or typical called?

What intelligence involves the ability to utilize previously acquired skills &knowledge&often involves semantic memory?

What is reasoning that is directed toward one specific answer called?

What term is used for the tendency to overestimate how much others agree with you?

What type of intelligence involves the ability to reason quickly and think abstractly?

What are the smallest units of sound in a language called?

What terminology is used for discomfort that results from conflicting beliefs and actions?

Which reasoning flaw involves the tendency to give excessive weight to the initial starting value (eg, redwood height)?

What aspect of language involves such things as status, formality, and taking turns?

What term is used for the situation in which emotion interferes with accurate judgment?

Which of the following is a very broad concept? (e.g., entertainment, education, food, etc.)

Which type of heuristic involves judging a situation based on prototypes?

What is reasoning that involves searching for multiple possible answers called?

What terminology is used for the contradiction of loving animals but also eating them?

What common property of language involves formal or informal word meanings?

What is it called when you use a rule/formula to solve a problem?

What type of test usually involves reasoning & logic questions and is intended to express a person's potential?

Which term refers to the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance?

You can talk about the there and then. What common property of language does this exemplify?

Which theorist argued that a language acquisition device is innately present in humans?

What are the rhythmic and intonational aspects of language called?

Which syndrome refers to people that have one exceptional ability while often having limited general mental ability?

What is it called when one uses a "rule of thumb" or shortcut to solve a problem?