Exam 9: Language and Thought-Part A

A sufficient condition for being a bird is:

Means-ends analysis is one type of _____ reasoning

The SMALLEST meaningful units of language are:

Speeding in the town of Chanceville traditionally results in a $300 fine.The judge at the traffic court,however,decides to change the policy.People found guilty of speeding have the choice of paying the $300 fine or spinning a wheel.There is an 80% chance that the needle on the wheel will land on a $400 fine and a 20% chance that the needle will land on "No Fine." The city leaders of Chanceville probably will _____ this new policy because _____.

At 11:00 p.m. ,Alexia is working on an important work assignment due tomorrow.The assignment requires the Internet to access important files from a server.Unfortunately,a power outage just knocked out Alexia's home Internet service.Local cafes with free wireless Internet are closed,as are public libraries.The college library is still open but will close in an hour,and Alexia needs to work all night to get this project done.After a few minutes of pondering what to do,she calls a local motel that has free Internet service and books a room for the night.Alexia's decision making illustrates _____ reasoning.

Sixteen-year-old Haley uses the tanning bed several times a week.When asked if she is concerned about skin cancer,she answers that she is not,and then adds that older people with fairer skin are much more likely to get skin cancer than she is.Haley's answer illustrates:

Researchers have just discovered a new drug to cure acne,but it has an 80% failure rate.According to the framing effect:

_____ is more robust in Americans relative to eastern cultures.

Which expression is a morpheme?

_____ is a system of rules that specifies which conclusions follow from a set of statements.

Sci-fi fans can easily classify a new character in a movie as an alien,despite the fact that aliens come in all shapes and sizes.This ability is BEST predicted by:

_____ are mental shortcuts that may or may not be effective,whereas _____ are well-defined rules that guarantee a solution to a problem.

Because the combined probability of events is always _____ than the independent probability of each event,it's always _____ probable that any one state of affairs is true than a set of events simultaneously.

According to prospect theory,when faced with a decision,people first:

Which statement constitutes a research finding that supports the argument that insights do not occur in a sudden,all-or-nothing manner,but instead reflect incremental unconscious processes?

Which statement is TRUE about language acquisition in the chimpanzee named Kanzi?

Research has indicated that the right temporal lobe is MOST involved in:

Recent research on bilingualism that corrected the flaws from earlier studies indicate that bilingualism is associated with enhancements in:

The brain uses concepts to classify things into categories based on their:

_____ is the set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages.