chapter 6

Heritability estimates for intelligence range from _____ percent to _____ percent.

50; 70

Mental set is to _____ as fixation is to _____.

solving the problem; interpreting the problem

Which of the following is NOT one of Thurstone's seven primary mental abilities?

musical ability

_____ was the first intelligence theorist to argue that intelligence test performance is a function of general intelligence and specific intellectual abilities.

Charles Spearman

The availability heuristic is _____.

a rule of thumb that the more easily we remember an event, the more probable it is

A(n) _____ is a step-by-step procedure that guarantees a correct solution to a problem.

algorithm

A police detective continues to pursue the individual he feels is guilty of a robbery in the face of increasing evidence to the contrary. It is likely that the detective is experiencing _____.

belief perseverance

Functional fixedness occurs during the _____ stage of problem solving.

definition

Heritability is an index of the _____.

degree of variation in a trait within a population that is due to heredity

Which of the following may lead to use of the availability heuristic?

when we can easily recall memories of an event, events that have happened recently, particularly vivid events