Psychology 200 Chapter 7 Quiz

Dana has the ability to easily cope with unexpected and challenging situations. She generates solutions to problems by relating unexpected situations to familiar situations. In this scenario, Dana is exhibiting _____.

Creative Intelligence

In the context of the theories of intelligence,__________can solve problems to which there are no preexisting solutions and no proven formulas.

Creative people

In__________, the problem solver associates freely to the elements of the problem, allowing "leads" to run a nearly limitless course.

Divergent thinking

Which of the following is a prototype of the category mammal?

Dog

In the context of the theories of intelligence,__________resembles two of Howard Gardner's "intelligences"—intrapersonal skills and interpersonal skills.

Emotional Intelligence

An anagram is a partial similarity among things that are different in other ways.

False

In contrast to algorithms, heuristics guarantee a correct solution.

False

In language development, over inclusion of instances in a category is labeled overregularization.

False

Studies generally suggest that the heritability of intelligence is less than 20%.

False

In the context of factors that affect problem solving, _____ refers to the tendency to view an object in terms of its name or familiar usage.

Functional Fixedness

__________is the degree to which the variations in a trait from one person to another can be attributed to, or explained by, genetic factors.

Heritability

Which of the following statements is true of language?

Language makes it possible for one person to communicate knowledge to another.

The _____ is the view that language structures the way we view the world.

Linguistic-relativity hypothesis

Vinvac Inc. was established three years ago. Kevin and Raj, co-owners of Vinvac Inc., had set a five-year goal for the company when they established it. Presently, they are assessing the difference between the company's current situation and the goals they had set so that they can work toward minimizing the difference. In this scenario, Kevin and Raj are using a technique called _____.

Means-end Analysis

In language development, over inclusion of instances in a category is labeled _____.

Overextension

_____ is the application of regular grammatical rules for forming inflections to irregular verbs and nouns.

Overregularization

__________is a heuristic device in which we try to solve a problem by evaluating the difference between the current situation and the goal.

The means-end analysis

According to the representativeness heuristic, people make judgments about events according to:

The populations of events that they appear to depict.

Which of the following statements is true of concepts?

They can represent visions of things that never were measured.

According to__________, language acquisition involves the interaction of environmental influences and the inborn tendency to acquire language.

psycholinguistic theory