Exam 7: Cognition

The words "care" and "bear" differ in one ________.

Fragile X,Down syndrome,and fetal alcohol syndrome are all forms of mental retardation or developmental delay.

The sentence,"Colorless ideas sleep furiously" has ________.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about Terman's longitudinal study of gifted children?

An example of Sternberg's practical intelligence is ________.

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

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

In Kosslyn's "imaginary island" study,researchers found that it does take longer to view a mental image that ________.

Binet and Simon considered children relatively slow if their ________.

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

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.

Let's say we could teach a dolphin to understand the difference between the sentences "The parrot kissed the dolphin" and "The dolphin kissed the parrot." If this were demonstrated,it might mean the dolphin had an understanding of ________.

A test can fail in reliability while still being valid.

The semantics of the sentence "He ran" refer to its ________.

Which of the following tests would be best suited to an 8-year-old child?

When people are asked to relate how many windows they have in the place where they live,the amount of time to answer doesn't depend on the number of windows.

You are learning Russian in preparation for a trip next summer.Although you are doing a good job recognizing the written signs you need to know,you are having trouble with the sounds of the Russian language.Which of the following aspects of language is giving you trouble?

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?

Compared to formal concepts learned in science and math,natural concepts tend to be ________.

What do we call the hypothesis that language influences what we think?