Exam 8: B: Thought and Language

Research indicates that ______________ are typically happier with their decision than _______________ are.

According to your textbook,in which way do Americans and the Japanese tend to differ?

Which of the following is a hypothesis discussed in your textbook to explain the relative satisfaction maximizers tend to get from their decisions compared to satisficers?

The most basic of units of spoken language are called _________.

________________ is the search for evidence that only supports a preexisting belief,whereas ______________ involves accepting preexisting evidence only if it confirms a belief.

Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between language and communication?

Which of the following is a unique property of language that helps to distinguish it from animal communication?

Which of the following is true regarding cognitive obstacles?

For cognitive psychologists,problem solving generally refers to

When reading information that challenges one's beliefs,one tends to minimize the strengths of such claims.__________ accounts for this barrier to reasoning rationally.

If someone walked up to you and said,"Milk," and then asked you to quickly name an animal,you would likely say,"cow." This illustrates the concept of ______________.

Because semantic networks are arranged ________________,they show which categories are more basic than others.

A chimpanzee named _______________ learned to use approximately 200 signs from American Sign Language.

A _____________ is the mental representation of an object,event,or idea.

The rules for combining words and morphemes into meaningful phrases and sentences are called _________.

When Howie's old girlfriend used to get upset with him,he could smooth things over by buying flowers or chocolates for her.He keeps trying this strategy with his current girlfriend,but she gets angry with him each time.It appears that Howie has developed _______________,which is interfering with the development of a new relationship strategy.

When someone does not see that a tool can be used for something other than its intended purpose,then ________________ can be said to have occurred.

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 the initial state for Kyle's problem?

The sounds t,th,and sh are ___________.

Which of the following conclusions is the most logical to draw from the fact that mice and songbirds have versions of the FOXP2 gene that is very similar to the form found in humans?