Exam 8: Thought and Language

A writer pitches a sitcom idea to a network executive called "Don't Tell Him He's Adopted!" about a chimpanzee raised from birth as a member of a suburban American family. In technical terms the chimpanzee in the show's premise is being _______________, a technique that has been used to try teaching language to non-human animals.

Kyle buys a new refrigerator, but when he gets home, he cannot fit it through the front door of his house. Which of the following would describe the obstacle for Kyle's problem?

If you are wanting your customers to be satisfied with your products, should you offer many choices or just a few options?

Maximizers tend to be more satisfied than satisficers with their purchases because maximizers spend additional time making sure they find the best product.

Which of the following is most likely to be a basic level category?

Which of the following is most likely to be a basic level category?

Many non-biologists mistake salamanders, a type of amphibian, for lizards. This is likely because salamanders share many features with most people's ______________ for the category lizard.

An extreme _____________ is an individual who attempt to evaluate every option for every choice until they find the perfect fit.

According to your textbook, in which way do Americans and the Japanese tend to differ?

________________ is the search for evidence that only supports a preexisting belief, whereas ______________ involves accepting preexisting evidence, only if it confirms a belief.

For cognitive psychologists, problem solving generally refers to:

Which of the following best describes language processing in the brain?

A _______ is a mental representation of an average member of a category.

A baby's language that consists of repetition of consonant-vowel combinations is called __________.

Basic level categories are always located at the most general level of a semantic network.

You are learning Russian in preparation for a trip next summer. You have gotten to the point where you can sound out the words written in the Cyrillic alphabet, but you do not understand what any of the words mean. What element of the Russian language will you need to start learning next?

Children's brains appear to be especially primed to acquire language in a way that adult brains are not.

Children's brains appear to go through a ________________, during which their brains are primed to acquire language.

When a professor asked the class to name the first fruit that came to mind, over 80% of the students said either apple, orange, or banana. This illustrates that ______.

When people make the conjunction fallacy, it is most likely because: