Exam 7: Cognition and Mental Abilities

The process whereby we acquire and apply information is known as ________.

Identify four tactics for improving your problem-solving abilities.

According to research, Americans are more likely than Asians to believe that studying hard, rather than innate ability, is crucial to successful academic performance.

Overall, research on gender differences in mental abilities indicates that, on average, ________.

Terman introduced the concept of ________.

Hyde's research found that female workers were likely to be rated least positively when the term ________ was used to describe workers in general.

The largest program designed to improve educationally disadvantaged children's chances of school achievement is the ________.

"The exam today was difficult." "Today, the exam was difficult." These two sentences all exhibit the same ________.

Compare and contrast Spearman's and Thurstone's models of intelligence, including the components of each model.

Identify and briefly describe four types of creativity tests in terms of how they attempt to measure creativity. How successful have these tests been at predicting actual creative productivity in the "real world?"

Sue is taking her physics final on Friday, and is attempting to study by thinking first about what the professor said the exam would look like and encompass, so she can craft her study material and guide similarly. What heuristic strategy best describes what Sue is completing?

A problem-solving strategy in which an individual or a group produces numerous ideas and evaluates them only after all ideas have been collected is called ________.

A disorder in which the liver fails to produce a certain enzyme necessary for early brain development is ________.

A solution that begins at the goal and proceeds to the given conditions is called means-end analysis.

Ruby received a score of 90 on an intelligence test. Two days later she received a score of 55 on a different form of the same test. The test was apparently lacking in ________.

A mental representation of a sensory experience is known as a(n) ________.

Numerous studies have found that subtle changes in the way in which information is presented ________.

Thurstone proposed ________ distinct mental abilities.

The system of rules that governs how we assign meaning to the morphemes we use is called ________.

Which of the following is the best example of hill climbing?