psychology ch 7

At what age can babies only discriminate among those phonemes that are used in language in their environment

12 months

from ___ months old children are most capable of using a sentence such as "I see"

18- 24

which researchers suggest that language determines thoughts

benjamin lee whorf

Are categories are grouping of linguistics information images ideas or memories such as life experiences

concepts

Camila believes her assistant Liam is incompetent. She only notices what Liam does wrong while ignoring the above average quality of most of his work this exemplifies ___ bias

conformation

Not all aspects of cognition are ________.

consciously experienced

Kia cuts foot while hiking. She forgot to pack bandages but she has a tube of super glue and uses it to seal the wound. Kia's ability to invert a solution uses the intelligence ___ component

creative

Walter struggles to write legibly and has a difficult time putting his thoughts to paper. Which which learning ability does he have

dysgraphia

____ and ____ Are powerful influences on both our thoughts and behaviors

emotion and memory

a __ schema is also known as a conflictive script

event

Children who live in poverty perform worse on intelligence test because they

experience more pervasive daily stress which affects how the brain functions and develops causing a dip in the IQ scores

scientist who study cognition are searching for ways to understand how we _____ Organize and utilize our conscious experiences without being aware of all the unconscious work our brain is doing

integrate

which term describes communication system that uses systematic ems rules to organize words to transmit information from one individual to another

language

Which term refers to the vocabulary of a language

lexicon

nima excels at working with numbers and subjects such as calculus in algebra this exemplifies ____ intelligence

logical-mathematical

a (an) ___ is a basic sound unit of a given language

phoneme

on more dresses for cold fall day and steps outside to find it's sunny and hot. He goes back inside to change out of his sweater and jeans into a shirt and shorts. Anwar is demonstrating the ___ intelligence component

practical

a (an) ___ is the best example of representative of a concept

prototype

What do the concepts of representational bias anchoring bias in hindsight bias all have in common

All of the concepts are examples of mental set.

The word ________ is both a morpheme and a phoneme.

I

What impact are genies early isolation have on her ability to acquire language she never developed a

Mastery of the grammatical aspects of language

The average score on an IQ test is 100. And modern IQ testing one standard is 15 points. Someone with an IQ of 115 would be described as

One standard deviation above the mean

Who developed the triarchic theory of intelligence

Robert Sternberg

The analytic intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to

analyze evaluate judge compare and contrast

Which of the following statements about algorithm is false

aphorism are used frequently in our daily lives

natural concepts are mental grouping created naturally through our

experiences

What is confirmation bias?

focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs

Which concept is a type of mental sit where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for

functional fixedness

The fact that the English teacher dictates the most verb end in -ed to indicate past tense is an example of the _ component of language

grammar

Mia's car breaks down and he is convinced that it was a predictable event even though there is no way of knowing this examplifies

hindsight bias

Emily is an adult with a fourth grade skill level in reading writing and math. Her doctor suggest that there's no reason she can't find a job and live independently. Which subtype of intelligence disability describes Emily

mild

In psychology, concepts can be divided into two categories: ________ and ________.

natural and artificial

which of the following is a key to generation a bell curve?

sample size

Mikel can look at an engineering plan and quickly build a scale model. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.

spatial

From a psychology perspective what does the term cognition mean

thinking

Sensations and information are received by our brains, filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become ________.

thoughts