Exam 10: Thinking and Language

According to Noam Chomsky and other linguists, humans inherit partly specialized neural circuitry ("hard wiring") in the brain and cognitive structures of the mind designed

To say that the base rate of being American with depression is 5 percent, whereas the base rate of having the first name "John" is 20 percent, it means that

According to Daniel Kahneman, this system of thought is rapid, intuitive, effortless, and automatic.

Dr. Plant uses laboratory methods to study thinking, learning and memory, and language. Thus, Dr. Plant focuses his study on

According to Daniel Kahneman, this system of thought is slow, effortful, and requires attention to work properly

The rules for __________are expressed by linguists in this way: "If a language has X (e.g., some particular way of placing a verb) it will also have Y (some way of utilizing nouns)."

This thought process is characterized by the movement from a situation that exists to a situation that is desired by removing obstacles.

In linguistics, this term refers to the fact that any sentence can be extended indefinitely by embedding clauses or phrases within or following it.

Fuzzy boundaries are features of most concepts, occurring when it is not precisely clear where a concept _________and _____.

This problem-solving phenomenon begins with an impasse, and is often accompanied by feelings of pleasure and confidence that one has truly solved the problem.

Evaluate the notions of linguistic determinism and linguistic relativity with regard to the examples of cross-cultural variations and universals in concepts

A(n) _________is a mental shortcut designed to help us make judgments and decisions when all the facts are not known. In contrast, a(n)_________is a step-by-step system that can solve any problem of a given type.

_________occurs when a person has reached an impasse in attempts to solve a problem and then suddenly and effortlessly arrives at a solution

Which of the following best describes the conclusions drawn from neuroscientific studies of insight conducted by Jung-Beeman and his colleagues?