Exam 8: B: Thought and Language

Which of the following is a heuristic approach to determining how many brownies to make for a party?

When tested in a laboratory study,Reese identified the statement,"Cows make milk" as true faster than she did the statement "Cows breathe air." What does this likely indicate about the relationship between categories in her semantic network?

A real-estate agent is asked by her clients how much they should ask for their house.She just sold a house for $300 000,so she finds herself suggesting an amount within the same range.This is an example of _____________.

Talia is looking for her cat by methodically searching each room and then closing the door.She is using what type of problem solving strategy?

Kendra has been a professional chef for 20 years.Instead of following recipes step by step,she uses her experience to guide her cooking,adding a pinch of salt here,or a little extra oil there.Kendra's approach to cooking is an example of

The _______________ occurs when an individual believes the probability of finding a specific member in two overlapping categories is more likely than finding any member of one of the larger,general categories.

Kyle buys a new refrigerator,but when he gets home,he cannot fit it through the front door of his house.Which of the following would describe a strategy for Kyle's problem?

Consistent with the linguistic relativity hypothesis,which of the following would most likely be true?

Research on the Inuit has revealed that

Greta is an academic who studies how people come to understand meaning from words and how they are arranged.Greta area of study would be described as ___________.

Which of the following is NOT true of basic level categories?

Which decision-making strategy involves making judgments of likelihood based on how well an example represents a specific category?

What term do psychologists use to describe our tendency to search for evidence that supports our belief and to ignore evidence that might disprove it?

Lex is in the second grade.As part of a homework assignment,he is asked to write a sentence to describe a picture of a dog playing fetch.Lex writes the sentence,"Ball the dog has." Lex is clearly having trouble with ___________.

A group of interrelated concepts is a called a ____________.

A(n)____________ is a number an individual uses when attempting to solve a problem using numbers,to keep his or her response within a limited range.

Mental representations of an average category member are called _____________ and allow for "classification by resemblance."

What is the phenomenon known as the paradox of choice?

Frank mistakenly believes that there are more words that begin with the letter "k" than there are with the letter "k" in the third position due to __________________.

In the nine-dot problem discussed in your textbook,the rules do not specify that the lines cannot extend beyond the dots;however,most people try to find a solution that follows this non-existent rule anyway.This is an example of