Chapter 7

Dr. Jackson is often found in class using phrases like, "it is similar to" and "kind of like" making connections between similar things is an example of a __

Analogy

A lawyer most likely has __

Analytical intelligence

Identify a true statement about pre-linguistic vocalizations.

Babbling is prelinguistic.

Infant center of speech is characterized by all except which of the following?

Complex sentences to encourage language development

When a child others the word "mama", it may signify meetings as buried as "there goes mama", "here come, momma" and "you are my mama". Such Single words used by children to express complex meetings are known as __

Holophrases

Which of these is a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly, and learn from experiences?

Intelligence

Maxes three year old typical says things like, "I seed it" and "mommy sitted down." These examples illustrate __

Overregularization

Which of Sternberg's type of intelligence could be referred to as "Street Smarts"?

Practical intelligence

If college courses would be considered a mental category, then PSY201C could be considered a __

Prototype

Tom was trying to increase his fitness so that he could join some friends on a long distance hiking trip. He is trying to determine the best exercise played to get him to that goal. This is an example of ___

The means-end analysis

Which one of these assessment groups test questions into a number of separate subsets were each subset measures a different intellectual task?

Wechsler scale

In relation to the question of what determines intelligence, most psychologists agree that:

both heredity and environment are important in determining intelligence level.

Ava, a four-year-old girl, combines words to form her own sentences. In this scenario, Ava is demonstrating __________.

infinite creativity

Which best characterizes Howard Gardner's view of intelligence?

"There are multiple intelligences which are influenced by different areas of the brain."

Which of the following statements is true of the nativist theory of language development?

Children bring neurological prewiring to language learning.

The ability to generate novel and useful solutions to the problem is also known as __

Creativity

In which of these strategies does the problem solver associate freely to the elements of the problem, allowing "leads" to run a nearby limitless course?

Divergent thinking

Leila's young son has accidentally locked himself in a room. Leila is trying to figure out how to unlock the door. Unfortunately, she doesn't realize that her butter knife could be used to unlock the door. This illustrates __

Functional fixedness

A mental shortcut, or rule of thumb, for problem-solving is called a __

Heuristic

Rachel comes across a question she does not know while taking her psychology exam. She skipped it and moved on, returning to it when she recalled the answer. What strategy did Rachel use?

Incubation