Exam 7: Cognition

Which example would most people take longest to identify as a fruit (even though it technically is a fruit)?

Having a high IQ doesn't always guarantee success.Terman and Oden examined the most and least successful men in their sample of gifted individuals.The most successful were ________.

According to Robert Sternberg,which type of intelligence is least likely to predict success in an academic environment?

A person starts from one point and comes up with many different ideas or possibilities based on that point.The person is engaging in ________.

Measuring intelligence by testing is a rather new concept in the history of the world.The idea of such testing came from ________.

Sternberg has found that ________ intelligence is a good predictor of success in life but has a low relationship to ________ intelligence.

What percent of the population has an intelligence quotient below 100?

Before enrolling in an abnormal psychology course,Gary's idea of psychological disorders had been influenced primarily by talk shows.He expected to hear the same kinds of stories he had heard on talk shows.What an eye-opening experience the course turned out to be! How would a cognitive psychologist describe the influence the course had on Gary's idea of psychological disorders?

You ask a student to describe the path to his dorm room.The most likely way in which he will do this is to ________.

According to the Terman "Termites" study,the gifted population had a median income that was ________.

The rules that determine how sounds and words can be combined and used to communicate meaning within a language are collectively known as ________.

It would take the same amount of time to correctly identify an olive as a fruit as it would to correctly identify an apple as a fruit.

In order to conclusively show that animals do use language,one would have to demonstrate that ________.

According to Robert Sternberg,________ is best described as "street smarts," or the ability to use information to get along in life.People who have it know how to be tactful,how to manipulate situations to their advantage,and how to use inside information to increase their odds of success.

Which of these is an element of the formal definition of intellectual disability?

Sally is enrolled in a high school geometry course,which she describes as "drawing figures and figuring drawings." In a typical class,students draw geometric figures and use a formula to calculate an aspect of the figure,such as its area.Each time Sally uses a formula,she is making use of what psychologists call ________.

The term Terman's Termites refers to ________.

Suppose Maria's mental age is 20 and her chronological age is 10.What is her IQ?

Randall believes that aliens crashed in the western United States in the 1950s.When looking for information about this on the Internet,he ignores any sites that are skeptical of his belief and only visits and talks with his friends about the sites that support his belief.This is an example of the confirmation bias.

Which of the following activities/sports is noted by your textbook as having a concerning number of head injuries and concussions?