Exam 7: Memory

The text's discussion of insight suggests that its key characteristic is its:

Identify the levels of mental retardation described in the text.Associate a range of IQ scores with each level.Review what is known about the causes of mental retardation.

The most commonly used IQ test in the United States is the:

Identify and describe three different problem-solving strategies described in your text.Suggest how each strategy might be fruitfully applied in one or more college courses.

The text reports the case of a girl named Genie,who was exposed to virtually no language from the age of 20 months until the age of 13.In what way does Genie's case offer support for the notion of a critical period in language acquisition?

With respect to language acquisition,Skinner is to learning theory what _____ is to nativism.

Matt picks up a pamphlet at a counseling center titled How to Succeed at College Course Work.Which type of problem-solving strategies is MOST LIKELY offered in this pamphlet?

One synonym for forming subgoals is _____.

Which of the following statements accurately expresses one failing of cognitive psychologists' study of problem solving?

Kent and Kirsten are both trying to reduce their consumer debt.Kent isolates several more concrete problems he can solve to achieve his goal,such as paying the highest-interest debts first and freezing credit card spending.Kirsten simply pays her largest debt first,because this would seem to be the fastest way to move her debt as close to zero as possible.Kent's plan reflects the problem-solving strategy of _____.Kirsten's method illustrates the strategy of _____.

Which of the following statements is true about Herrnstein and Murray's arguments in The Bell Curve?

Holly is attempting to put together a 3D puzzle.Holly is completing a test of _____ intelligence.

Linguists have identified more than _____ different phonemes among all the world's languages.

In approximately _____ of the cases of mental retardation there is an identifiable biological cause;the most common of these is _____.

Bodily kinesthetic intelligence refers to skills:

The ability to generate original ideas or develop novel solutions to problems is known as:

Renee has an idea of how her living room ought to look.She's moving furniture,paintings,and accessories to get closer and closer to that picture in her head.Renee is using the problem-solving technique of _____.

Dorian is 2 years old;Constance is 2.5.Dorian's vocabulary probably contains around _____ words;Constance's,_____ words.

According to the _____ heuristic we assume that events we remember easily are likely to have occurred more frequently in the past-and are more likely to occur in the future-than events that are harder to remember.

Distinguish between well-defined and ill-defined problems.Provide an example of each.