Chapter 7 - Thinking and Intelligence

From ________ months old, children are most capable of using simple sentences such as "I see."

18 to 24

________ are categories or groupings of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences.

concepts

Carmela believes her assistant, Lian, is incompetent. She notices only what Lian does wrong while ignoring the above average quality of most of her work. This exemplifies ________ bias.

confirmation

Navigating your way home through an unfamiliar route due to road construction would draw upon your ________ intelligence.

fluid

Niaz's car breaks down, and he is convinced that it was a predictable event even though there was no way of knowing it would happen. This exemplifies ________.

hindsight bias

From a psychological perspective, the term cognition means ________.

thinking

A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.

morpheme

Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ______concept.

natural

An anchoring bias occurs when you focus on ________.

one piece of information versus all of the information

The average score on an IQ test is 100. In modern IQ testing, one standard deviation is 15 points. Someone with an IQ of 115 would be described as________.

one standard deviation above the mean

Which of the following is not one of the four indices of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children?

processing memory

A(an) ______ is the best example, or representation, of a concept.

prototype

The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to ________.

analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast

Walter struggles to write legibly and has a difficult time putting his thoughts on paper. Which learning disability does he have?

dysgraphia

A(an) ________ schema is also known as a cognitive script.

event