ch 7/2
Lauren is gifted in the area of body movement. Her ability to balance and coordinate her body's movement enables her to do well in basketball, baseball, and field hockey. Which area of intelligence does this exemplify?
bodily kinesthetic
Not all aspects of cognition are _____
consciously experienced
Raymond Cattell was a psychologist who __
divided intelligence into two components
Walter struggles to write legibly and has a difficult time putting his thoughts on paper. Which learning disability does he have?
dysgraphia
The likelihood of functional fixedness occurring may be influenced by culture, and it is_____
experienced in both industrial and preindustrial countries equally
Knowing what a dinosaur is because you looked through a book with pictures of dinosaurs and watched the film Jurassic Park is an example of a natural concept that was developed through ________ experience.
indirect
Scientists who study cognition are searching for ways to understand how we ________, organize, and utilize our conscious cognitive experiences without being aware of all of the unconscious work that our brains are doing.
integrate
The following sentence misuses the word accept: "I'll take all the cupcakes accept the one with cream cheese icing." Which part of language involves knowing the proper use of the word accept?
lexicon
Reth is known for his ability and interest in writing. He won an award for his short story, "A Bear in the Woods," and was named Young Poet of the Year at his high school. He is currently working on a book titled, When Harry Potter Attacks. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.
linguistic
Nima excels at working with numbers in subjects such as calculus and algebra. This exemplifies ________ intelligence
logical-mathematical
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
The word ________ is both a morpheme and a phoneme.
I
Tasks that require you to compare, contrast, or evaluate are using the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence.
analytical
The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to _____
analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast
Natural concepts are mental groupings created naturally through our ____
experiences
Navigating your way home through an unfamiliar route due to road construction would draw upon your ________ intelligence
fluid
The fact that English grammar dictates that most verbs end in -ed to indicate past tense is an example of the ________ component of language.
grammar
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
Schemata are a(an) ______
method of organizing information that allows the brain to work more efficiently
Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ________ concept.
natural
Samara meets a nurse. She immediately assumes he is able to help care for sick people, works long hours, and dispenses advice about illness because her ________ schema suggests that nurses behave this way.
role
Mel is an adult who can take care of his basic needs, but he requires oversight while he paints and someone to check on his living conditions daily. Which subtype of intellectual disability describes Mel?
severe
Mikel can look at an engineering plan and quickly build a scale model. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.
spatial
Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become ___
thoughts
Parents of African American students filed a case against the state of California in 1979 because they believed the testing method used to identify students with learning disabilities________.
was culturally unfair as the tests were normed and standardized using White children
