Exam 7: Cognition and Mental Abilities

According to Sternberg, the ability to find solutions to personal problems involves ________ intelligence.

The decision-making process that involves making a decision on the basis of certain features that are similar to a stereotyped model is called ________.

In research comparing Asian and American attitudes toward academic performance, ________ believe that studying hard, rather than innate ability, is most important.

Reliability refers to the dependability and consistency of the scores yielded by a given test.

Use of a histogram, in which each item has a bar representing how much it costs, is an example of a(n) ________.

The results of Skeels' study showed that ________.

Tests that minimize or eliminate the use of words are ________.

Which of the following situations exemplifies a proper mode of administration or use of an intelligence test?

Ken knows that the radius of a circle is 5 feet, but he needs to calculate the diameter. The most effective solution strategy he can use involves a(n) ________.

Problem representation is ________.

A school psychologist has written a test to predict success in algebra. She administers the test on Monday to ten students. Wednesday, she administers the same test again to the same ten students. She is attempting to ________.

The Wallach and Kogan Creative Battery asks subjects to ________.

The idea that patterns of thinking are determined by the specific language one speaks is called the linguistic fixedness hypothesis.

A major difference between the Stanford-Binet test and the WAIS is that the ________.

Numerous studies indicate that animals ________.

Syntax is the system of rules that governs how we combine words to form grammatical sentences.

The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking asks subjects to ________.

________ percent of the population has IQ scores between 70 and 130.

Honeybees communicate through the use of ________.

The two main components of grammar are ________.