Unit 5 psych
30 which of the following statements is most consistent with Benjamin wharfs concept of linguistic determinism
Language shapes the way in individual thinks, and interprets and experiences
1 Hermann Ebbinghaus' research would most likely predict that
A student who only studies the night before a test will very rapidly forget most of the information study after the test is over
31 which of the following types of test is designed to measure individuals knowledge of the subject
Achievement
34 a test that measures a students potential ability is
An aptitude test
35 a teenager would most probably draw on which of the following to recall her 10th birthday party
An episodic memory
32 which of the following types of intelligence constitute Robert Sternberg triarchic theory of intelligence
Analytical creative and practical
17 after having a stroke, resulting from a blockage of blood to the medial, temporal lobe, Gerald cannot remember new information, such as the books he had just read, new song he just heard, or the faces of people he had just met. Gerald was experiencing.
Anterograde amnesia
14 Jim has been reports of a number of cases of Ebola on the news. He has more afraid of contracting Ebola than tuberculosis, even though the risk of infection of tuberculosis is greater than that of Ebola. James fear would most likely be attributed to. .
Availability heuristic
26 the intelligence quotient has traditionally been based on the relationship between the individuals, mental age and his or her
Chronological age
15 Which of the following types of intelligence is most clearly demonstrated by an individual's knowledge of facts
Crystallized
22 a teacher asks students to think of as many uses for a brick as possible. By listing 50 uses, most of which the class finds new and unusual Susan is displaying
Divergent thinking
6 Which process transfers information from sensory memory to short term memory
Encoding
11 the component of intelligence described by Raymond Cattell, as involved in the ability to understand, logical relationships, reason, abstractly, and learning quickly as related to which of the following
Fluid intelligence
12 Denny does not have wrapping paper to use to wrap a birthday present, and so he decides to use colorful newspaper comics. Instead, Denny's solution demonstrates that he has overcome
Functional fixedness
16 Most intelligence tests are normed such that the main score is 100 and the standard deviation is 15. Therefore, that discovery of the Flynn effect leads want to conclude that.
IQ test may not have been valid when they were initially constructed
4 Wolfgang considered chimpanzees sudden solving of a problem evidence of
Insight
33 a child says "where did you goed?"Which of the following psychologist would most likely argue that the is overregularizing a logical grammatical rule.
Noam Chomsky
24 all human languages have several basic sounds in common called
Phonemes
28 the psychology, aptitude test was administered to incoming college psychology majors. There's scores were later compared to their performance in the introductory psychology, course, and high scores on the PAT related to high grades in the course. Therefore the PAT has.
Predictive validity
3 A sudden inability to remember how to tie a certain kind of knot, indicates a defect, in which kind of memory.
Procedural
2 While he is at soccer practice, Irwin remind himself that he has to stop at the grocery store on the way home to pick up milk and cereal for tomorrow's breakfast. What sort of memory is Erwin using?
Prospective memory
25 Henry took an intelligence test and scored lower than he thought he should. He kept re-taking the test, but he kept getting about the same score each time. This this indicates that the test was.
Reliable
13 A teacher learns 100 so many new student names every year and find it difficult to remember the names of former students. The teachers memory problem most likely results from.
Retroactive interference
20 Michael, who has an IQ of 60 is able to do complex calculations in his head, regardless of the size of the numbers. when he id with his family and friends, he does not engage socially he focuses on his numerical calculations, which of the following best describes these characteristics
Savant syndrome
19 Mary is introduced to three new people at a party. Later, however, she cannot remember the names of any of her new acquaintances, even though she remembers what she ate, her old friend, the address of the host. What may account for Mary's inability, to remember these individuals names
She never encoded the names into long-term memory
29 the rules of grammar are rules of
Syntax
23 the feeling that you know if someone's name, but cannot quite recall it, is an example of
The tip of the tongue phenomenon
27 Noam Chomskys view of language proposes that
There is an inheritance language acquisition device
21 Research on stereotype threat indicates that students might not do as well as they can on a test if
They are informed that people of the ethnicity, age, or gender usually do not perform well on the test
18 if mice like an enzyme, essential to the process of long-term potential, the most likely consequence would be
They will be unable to learn a maze
5 Metacognition refers to
Thinking about thinking
