Exam 9: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Which of the following is probably not a "natural concept"?

Several studies have examined the linguistic abilities of nonhuman primates. Pick two such cases and describe the aspects of human language that primates can learn. Also, describe the limits of such research on nonhuman language learning.

The representativeness heuristic is stimulated by the fact that most representative events are reported nationally because they are both unusual and horrific.

Most psycholinguistic research focusing on language in nonhuman animals involves training animals to

Which of the following would NOT qualify as practical problems in Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence?

This area of language research is most interested in characterizing human language according to the properties of generativity, recursion, and displacement.

Which of the following demonstrates the generativity of language?

Most animals can communicate, but unlike humans, their referential forms of communication are

Behavior genetics research has demonstrated that the split between genetic and environmental influences on IQ scores in most samples of individuals is

In general, computers are quite good at using algorithms to perform tasks human beings find very difficult, such as the simultaneous computation of large amounts of data.

One reason that American Sign Language (ASL) is often taught to primates in nonhuman language research is that

This heuristic works by biasing us toward mental information, memories, or images that are more easily "accessible" to our consciousness.

Nonhuman primates have the potential to learn human language to match the abilities of human adolescents.

As much as it feels as though the odds are stronger with each new toss of heads that the next toss will be tails, this is an illusion, known as the

Many people believe that their horoscopes are accurate because they pay more attention to events that are consistent with the prediction while ignoring other events. This is an example of

All of the abilities characterized by Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence- including creative and practical intelligence-are correlated with scores on tests of general intelligence.

Problem solvers who experience insight must have first experienced an obstacle that seemed to not be passable, called a(n)

One way to measure the extent to which a person is utilizing System 2 on any mental task is to observe