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A stroke may impair the ability to speak distinctly without harming the ability to read because different language functions depend on different


A) mental images.
B) perceptual sets.
C) neural networks.
D) critical periods.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking,knowing,remembering,and communicating?


A) algorithm
B) heuristic
C) cognition
D) mental set

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Although Nicole scored well above average on an academic aptitude test,she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends.Her behavior best illustrates a low level of


A) analytical intelligence.
B) the g factor.
C) creative intelligence.
D) emotional intelligence.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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If course exams assess a student's mastery of a representative sample of course material,they are said to


A) be reliable.
B) have content validity.
C) be standardized.
D) have predictive validity.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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In her research,Professor Kyoto seeks to identify circumstances in which confirmation bias is especially likely to impede effective problem solving.Which specialty area does her research best represent?


A) biological psychology
B) developmental psychology
C) personality psychology
D) cognitive psychology

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Melinda completed the Computer Programming Aptitude Test when she applied for a position with Beta Electronics.Six months later,she took the same test when she applied for a position with another company.The fact that her scores were almost identical on the two occasions suggests that the test has a high degree of


A) content validity.
B) reliability.
C) predictive validity.
D) standardization.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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To determine whether a child's intellectual development was fast or slow,Binet and Simon assessed the child's


A) natural ability.
B) emotional intelligence.
C) mental age.
D) cultural background.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The ability to delay immediate pleasures in pursuit of long-range rewards is most clearly a characteristic of


A) emotional intelligence.
B) the g factor.
C) savant syndrome.
D) practical intelligence.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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About ________ percent of WAIS scores fall between 85 and 115.


A) 30
B) 50
C) 68
D) 96

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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As a result of an automobile accident,Jenny suffered brain damage in Broca's area.Jenny is most likely to experience


A) auditory hallucinations.
B) memory loss.
C) speech impairment.
D) paralysis of her left limbs.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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To qualify for the office manager's job,55-year-old Mariel must take a series of psychological tests.Her performance on the test of ________ is likely to be poorer than if she had taken it as a 25-year-old.


A) general knowledge
B) spelling
C) abstract reasoning
D) vocabulary

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Eva had difficulty recognizing that a sea horse was a fish because it did not closely resemble her fish


A) fixation.
B) heuristic.
C) algorithm.
D) prototype.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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People with savant syndrome are best described as those who demonstrate


A) high levels of emotional intelligence.
B) difficulty remembering past experiences.
C) an exceptional specific skill.
D) a lack of numerical ability.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Four-month-old Piper makes a series of repetitive consonant-vowel sounds such as ba ba ba ba.This best illustrates


A) productive language.
B) telegraphic speech.
C) a universal grammar.
D) babbling.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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The test Vincente is taking includes questions such as "In what way are brass and steel alike?" Vincente is taking the


A) WAIS.
B) SAT.
C) Stanford-Binet.
D) Convergent Thinking Questionnaire.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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When 200 researchers pooled their data on 126,559 people,all the gene variations analyzed accounted for a very ________ percentage of the differences in educational achievement among individuals in this group.This suggests that there are ________ genes that contribute to intelligence.


A) small;many
B) small;very few
C) large;many
D) large;very few

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's


A) accumulated knowledge.
B) ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
C) ability to engage in factor analysis.
D) ability to use different brain regions for storing memories.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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Pigeons can reliably discriminate pictures of cars from pictures of chairs.This best illustrates their capacity to form


A) concepts.
B) rules of syntax.
C) heuristics.
D) algorithms.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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If a test yields consistent results every time it is used,it has a high degree of


A) standardization.
B) predictive validity.
C) reliability.
D) content validity.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to


A) search for information that supports our preconceptions.
B) judge the likelihood of events on the basis of how easily we can remember examples of them.
C) overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.
D) make judgments in a very inefficient,time-consuming fashion.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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