Thinking, Language and Intelligence

Question 1

Thinking is:

Answer 1

The act of processing information

Question 2

The act of processing information is:

Answer 2

Thinking

Question 3

Critical thinking is:

Answer 3

Consciously directing our mental processes to reach particular goals

Question 4

Consciously directing our mental processes to reach particular goals is called:

Answer 4

Critical thinking

Question 5

We can solve problems using ____________ and _____________

Answer 5

Algorithms, Heuristics

Question 6

An algorithm is:

Answer 6

Specific procedure for solving a type of problem

Question 7

Heuristics are:

Answer 7

Shortcuts; mental rules of thumb used to solve a problem

Question 8

Analogies:

Answer 8

Refer to a previous problem to solve a new problem

Question 9

Heuristics are based on:

Answer 9

Analogies

Question 10

Some of the factors that affect problem solving are:

Answer 10

Expertise, Mental Sets, Insight, Incubation, Functional Fixedness

Question 11

In Expertise:

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Experts use parallel processing; novices use serial processing

Question 12

Mental Sets are:

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The tendency to use an approach that was previously successful with similar problem

Question 13

In Incubation you,

Answer 13

Stand back from a problem for a while; solution may come in a flash of insight

Question 14

Tendency to think of an object in terms of its familiar function is called:

Answer 14

Functional Fixedness

Question 15

Make judgments about events according to the population of events that they appear to represent is the:

Answer 15

Representativeness heuristic

Question 16

Estimate of probability is based on examples of relevant events is the:

Answer 16

Availability heuristic

Question 17

People’s confidence of their own knowledge and ability exceeds their actual knowledge and ability is called

Answer 17

Overconfidence

Question 18

The Communication of information by means of symbols arranged according to rules of grammar is called:

Answer 18

Language

Question 19

Sounds or signs of a language have meaning is called

Answer 19

Semanticity

Question 20

Semanticity is:

Answer 20

Sounds or signs of a language have meaning

Question 21

Capacity to create rather than imitate sentences is

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Infinite creativity

Question 22

Infinite creativity

Answer 22

Capacity to create rather than imitate sentences

Question 23

Capacity to communicate in another time or place is called

Answer 23

Displacement

Question 24

Displacement

Answer 24

Capacity to communicate in another time or place

Question 25

Vygotsky belives:

Answer 25

Language as the basis for thought

Question 26

Linguistic-relativity hypothesis is that:

Answer 26

Language structures the way we perceive the world

Question 27

The idea that Language structures the way we perceive the world is called:

Answer 27

Linguistic-relativity hypothesis

Question 28

Prelinguistic vocalizations are:

Answer 28

Crying, cooing, babbling

Question 29

By age 6 a child knows about:

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6000 words

Question 30

Around age 2 a child knows:

Answer 30

A few hundred

Question 31

What is overregulation?

Answer 31

Application of regular grammatical rules to irregular verbs and nouns

Question 32

Between 7- to 9-years Children realize words:

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Can have more than one meaning

Question 33

Psycholinguistic theory is the theory that:

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Interaction of environmental influences and inborn tendency

Question 34

All languages:

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Follow the same rules

Question 35

LAD stands for:

Answer 35

Language Acquisition Device

Question 36

The underlying ability to understand the world and cope with its challenges is the definition of:

Answer 36

Intelligence

Question 37

A single word used to express complex meanings is:

Answer 37

A holophrase

Question 38

A holophrase is:

Answer 38

A single word used to express complex meanings

Question 39

______________ theory is that intelligence is made up of 2 factors; General Intelligence and specific intelligences.

Answer 39

Spearman's

Question 40

_________________ theory of intelligence is that there are _____ factors of intelligence

Answer 40

Thurstone's, 9

Question 41

Sternberg's _____________ Theory of intelligence is comprise of ____________, _____________, and __________ ability.

Answer 41

Analytical, Creative, Practical.

Question 42

________-________ developed the first test to measure children's mental age.

Answer 42

Binet-Simon

Question 43

The ________ scales have separate subscales for verbal and performance tasks.

Answer 43

Wechsler