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