Thinking and Intelligence Quiz

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 logical-mathematical intrapersonal spatial

bodily kinesthetic

Bernadette has difficulty spelling words correctly while writing and mixes up letters within words and sentences. Which learning disability does she have? dysgraphia dysfunction dyslexia dysthymia

dyslexia

Jake is sympathetic and considerate of his friends' moods. He really identifies with their feelings and readily understands their point of view. He is well-known around campus, and he has great relationships with his classmates and professors. Which area of intelligence does this exemplify? naturalist linguistic intrapersonal interpersonal

interpersonal

Which term describes a communication system that uses systematic rules to organize words to transmit information from one individual to another? schemata prototype language concept

language

Nima excels at working with numbers in subjects such as calculus and algebra. This exemplifies ________ intelligence. spatial logical-mathematical bodily kinesthetic interpersonal

logical-mathematical

A(an) ________ involves approaching a problem in a way that has worked in the past, but it is clearly no longer working. trial and error anchoring bias mental set functional fixedness

mental set

Aram is proficient in playing a number of instruments and can easily learn new songs and rhythms. This exemplifies ________ intelligence. spatial linguistic logical-mathematical musical

musical

A(an) ________ is a basic sound unit of a given language. syntax morpheme phoneme audio

phoneme

Ilayda assumes that her professors spend their free time reading books and engaging in intellectual conversation, because the idea of them spending their time playing volleyball or visiting an amusement park does not fit in with her stereotypes of professors. This exemplifies ________. representational bias stereotype bias availability heuristic confirmation bias

representational bias

Illnesses such as diabetes and stomach cancer kill more than twice the number of Americans than murder or car accidents. However, Zale sees car accidents as more dangerous because he often hears about car accident fatalities on the nightly news, and he doesn't know anyone with diabetes or stomach cancer. Therefore, Zale takes more precautions against car accidents. This exemplifies ________. hindsight bias availability heuristic algorithm functional fixedness

availability heuristic

What is confirmation bias? stereotyping someone or something unintentionally focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs focusing only on one piece of information when making a decision believing the event you just experienced was predictable

focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs

Which concept is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for? hindsight bias representative bias anchoring bias functional fixedness

functional fixedness

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 availability heuristic representational bias anchoring bias

hindsight bias

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 profound moderate mild

severe

From a psychological perspective, the term cognition means ________. understanding thinking processing determining

thinking