Exam 7: Cognition

When soldiers in the military sustain head injuries,there is a(n)________% likelihood that these injuries would be categorized as moderate to severe.

In problem solving,the term rule of thumb refers to ________.

According to famed linguist Noam Chomsky,humans have an innate ability to understand and produce language through a device he called ________.

Jane is 22 years old.For her job,she needs to take an intelligence test.Which would be the most appropriate test for her age group?

An advantage of algorithms over heuristics is that ________.

The first true longitudinal study of the effects of giftedness on social success was conducted by ________.

What are mental categories representing activities,objects,qualities,or situations that share some common characteristics?

At the current time,which statement is true about our knowledge of whether animals can use humanlike language?

The system of rules for combining words and phrases to make correct sentences is called ________.

A famous lecturer argues that because the Hopi Indians have only two nouns for things that fly,one for birds and another for nonbirds,the Hopi MUST interpret all flying things in terms of these two nouns.This argument is based on ________.

Language is based on sound units called morphemes.

The communication between honeybees would not be classified as language because ________.

In familial retardation,the degree of intellectual disability is typically ________.

A 10-year-old child who scored like an average 8-year-old on an intelligence test would have an IQ of 80.

Which of the following statements is true about infants?

Seventy percent of the students in a classroom are women and 30 percent are men.One student is described as ambitious,athletic,and assertive.Why are most people likely to think this description refers to a male student?

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?

What type of thinking could be described as taking different directions in search of a variety of answers to a question?

Which of the following is NOT an animal that has been taught to produce behavior that some think is language-like?

The sentences "The dog bit the boy" and "The boy was bit by the dog" have the same meaning,but differ in ________.