Exam 7: Thought and Language

Ali is trying to patch the nail holes on his wall,but he doesn't have spackle to cover up the holes.His friend,Omer,rushes to the bathroom and gets the toothpaste.Ali looks at him very surprised and does not understand what he is doing.Ali's failure to think that Omer is going to use toothpaste to cover up the holes on the wall is an example of ____.

Maria is trying to compute the velocity of a falling rock,using the appropriate formula.Maria is using ____ to solve this problem.

Which situation is likely to displease the typical undergraduate more? (Assume all four situations apply to the person and that the person would have to pay for each with his or her own money.)

Witnesses to the sniper attacks in Maryland and Virginia describe seeing a white work van in the vicinity of the incidents.These descriptions lead police,investigators,and citizens to try to solve the problem (i.e.,find the killers)based on this information.Because the snipers actually drove a dark sedan,they are able to continue their terrible deeds longer.The people trying to solve the crime are operating under ____.

Ron lost $20 playing the slots in Atlantic City.However,he found $20 on the subway.Even though Ron comes out even in terms of cash,he still feels pretty badly about losing money in the slot machines.In fact,he actually feels neutral about finding the $20 on the subway.Ron's feelings can be explained best by ____.

One day,a tree on the Lakewood Golf Course was hit by lightning.The following weekend,Galen continues his golf game near that tree during a thunderstorm because he is certain that lightning will not strike there twice.Galen's decision is based on ____.

A psycholinguist who does not believe human language is innate will have the most trouble with theories of language development that ____.

Which statement is true about the relationship between language and perception?