chapter 8 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Every morning, Glenda’s bathroom scale tell her that she weighs 120. however when she goes to the doctor , the very accurate scale says she weighs 130gleda bathroom scale has ___reliability and __validity.
high low
A prototype includes_ in a category. An exemplar included __in the category
the most typical concept: all examples of concepts
Cory performs well a Scrabble because he is good at solving problems and rearranging letters quickly to form many words. these skills reveal his ___ intelligence.
Fluid
A picture of a computer is an example of ____ representation. The word computer is and example of an __representation
analogical : symbolic
While moving into a new apartment, Avery needed to hold the door open but she did not have a doorstop. instead, she used her heavy potted plant to prop open the door. Avery solved this problem by
overcoming functional fixedness
When people group several concepts together, such as baseball,basketball,and football, based on the shared property of being so-called sports, they are creating a
category
Some Mental shortcuts can cause errors in thinking. for example simply because you can remember and example of something very quickly and easly does not mean that you should rely on that information in making accurate probability judgments This error in thinking reflects
the availability heuristic
which of the following best describes reasoning
using information to determine if a conclusion is valid or reasonable
larry wants to see if he can influence his student’s test scores. when he says tall students tend to perform worse than short students. indeed tall students perform lower on the test
sterotype threat
which finding is the best evidence that genetics plays an important role in determining intelligence
identical twins raised apart have more similar IQ’s than siblings raised together
