Psychology - Chapter 7

What should be changed to make the following sentence true "Arthur Jensen theorized that Level I intelligence is responsible for conceptual and analytical abilities while Level II intelligence is responsible for rote memorization."

The placement of the phrases "Level I" and "Level II" should be switched.

Who is likely to be more similar in intelligence?

identical twins reared apart and identical twins reared together

Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ________ concept.

natural

At what age can babies only discriminate among those phonemes that are used in the language(s) in their environments?

12 months old

From ________ months old, children are most capable of using simple sentences such as "I see."

18 to 24

Which researchers suggested that language determines thought?

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf

Which of the following is a criticism of the Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf research on language?

It was not empirical.

Which of the following items would MOST likely appear on a test measuring creativity?

List all the uses for a pot.

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 ________.

availability heuristic

After the first few months of life, babies enter what is known as the ________ stage, during which time they tend to produce single syllables, such as buh-buh, that are repeated over and over.

babbling

________ 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

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?

functional fixedness

The fact that English grammar dictates that most verbs end in -ed to indicate past tense is an example of the ________ component of language.

grammar

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

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

language

Intelligence stresses the capacity to _____.

think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment

What are the two major subsets of the WAIS?

verbal and performance