Exam 7: Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

According to Robert Sternberg, which type of intelligence is LEAST likely to predict success in an academic environment?

Measuring intelligence by testing is a rather new concept in the history of the world. The idea of such testing came from ________.

What problem-solving strategies don't guarantee solutions but make efficient use of time?

A psychological test that measures what we intend it to measure is said to be

Shalissa is described as being tactful and able to manipulate situations to her advantage. She is probably high in ________.

The measurement of intelligence by some kind of test is a concept dating back roughly________ years.

Laboratory experiments suggest that animals have ________.

Which intelligence theorist suggested that intelligence is made up of a g factor (general intelligence), and also acknowledged the existence of task-specific abilities, labeled s-factor (specific intelligence)?

A group of businesspeople meet in order to solve the problem of decreased sales of their company's products. One of them suggests that they generate as many ideas as they can in a short period of time without being critical of any of them. This technique of stimulating divergent thinking is called ________.

The basic meaningful units of any language are called ________.

The first thing that comes to mind when asked to name an example from a category is called the ________.

Dallas is a 10-year-old boy who has a mental age of 10 years. His IQ would be ________.

Which is the most likely prototype for the concept "vehicle"?

When you took your college entrance exam, students across the country took the same test at the same time with the same instructions. What characteristic of a good psychological test do these similarities reflect?

A seemingly arbitrary flash "out of the blue," through which the solution to a problem suddenly becomes apparent to you, but you do not consciously know how you "figured it out," is called ________.

A kind of schema that involves a familiar sequence of activities, such as how to behave when you go to a restaurant for lunch, is called a(n) ________.

According to the Terman "Termites" study, the gifted population had a median income that was ________.

Young children sometimes literally interpret sentences like "Do you know where your mommy is?" by answering "Yes." They failed to understand the ________ of the question.

Concepts are ideas that represent ________.

Binet and Simon considered children relatively slow if their ________.