Exam 9: Thinking and Intelligence

________ is an inferred characteristic of an individual, usually defined as the ability to profit from experience, acquire knowledge, think abstractly, act purposefully, or adapt to changes in the environment.

Logan understands the material in his statistics class, but on tests he spends the entire period on the most difficult problems and never even gets to the problems he can solve easily. Which ingredient of intelligence does he need to improve?

________ intelligence is the ability to identify your own and other people's emotions accurately, express your emotions clearly, and regulate emotions in yourself and others.

Frida is a young child in the process of developing concepts. Which of the following concepts is she most likely to learn first?

Cognitive ethology is the study of cognitive processes in nonhuman animals, especially in natural environments.

_______________ intelligence refers to the practical application of intelligence.

As she moves quietly around the restaurant where she is a waitress, Alicia finds herself hearing "in her mind's ear" the song, "Just Whistle While You Work!" This would be an example of a(n):

According to the triarchic theory of intelligence, there are three kinds of intelligence. ________ intelligence refers to your creativity in transferring skills to new situations.

In Chapter 1, we learned that the media and the public persist in equating "psychologist" with "psychotherapist." How does the concept of prototypes, discussed in Chapter 9 (Thinking and Intelligence), help to explain this phenomenon?

Alfred Binet's insight regarding a method of measuring mental development had an international impact in the twentieth century. Explain how he went about calculating a child's mental abilities. What scoring system did later researchers base on Binet's method, and how was it originally calculated?

Between World War I and the 1960s, the intelligence tests developed for use in schools favored:

Which of the following statements defines basic concepts?

The original formula for determining IQ had a serious flaw in that:

________ is the knowledge or awareness of one's own cognitive processes.

Are ability to multitask is due, in large part, to our ability to perform ________________ cognitive tasks.

Which of the following statements is true of formal reasoning?

What was Binet's great insight?

When Wolfgang Köhler put chimpanzees in situations in which tempting bananas were just out of reach, he found that:

________ is a system of beliefs about the way one's own mind and the minds of others work, and of how individuals are affected by their beliefs and feelings.

A(n) ________ process occurs outside of conscious awareness, but is accessible to consciousness when necessary.