Question 1

The majority of highly creative people tend to

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A)  be eccentric, neurotic, and on the edge of madness.
B)  be introverted and socially inept.
C)  be unbalanced in their interests, concentrating only on one topic.
D)  exhibit none of these characteristics.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

A father is helping his daughter to learn about animals. He points to a robin and eagle and explains that they are birds that fly, while the ostrich and penguin are examples of birds that do not fly. He then shows her pictures of a bat and a flying squirrel and tells her that these are not birds, but that the bat can actually fly and the flying squirrel can glide through the air. To help his daughter learn the concept of "bird," the father is using

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A)  conceptual rules.
B)  algorithms.
C)  prototyping.
D)  positive and negative instances.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Which of the following focused on the unspoken rules we use to change core ideas into various sentences, rather than the "surface language" of traditional grammar?

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A)  David Wechsler
B)  Noam Chomsky
C)  Robert Sternberg
D)  Howard GardnerE) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Regarding studies on bilingualism, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)  Minority American children who do not speak English at home often experience additive bilingualism.
B)  An approach called two-way bilingual education can help children benefit from bilingualism and avoid its drawbacks.
C)  Studies have found that students who learn to speak two languages will have better general language skills and better control of their attention.
D)  Studies have found that students who learn to speak two languages will have better mental flexibility and better problem-solving abilities.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Deductive thought is thinking that applies a general set of rules to specific situations, for example, using the laws of gravity to predict the behavior of a single falling object.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Most thinking relies heavily on language because

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A)  words encode or translate the world into mental symbols that are easy to manipulate.
B)  words are necessary for any thinking other than conditioned responses.
C)  language is the essence of all intelligence.
D)  of all of these reasons.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

The denotative meaning of a word is

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A)  its stereotypical definition.
B)  its emotional or personal meaning.
C)  its dictionary definition.
D)  the exact spelling and pronunciation of any word.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 8

The connotative meaning of a word is

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A)  its algorithmic definition.
B)  its emotional or personal meaning.
C)  its dictionary definition.
D)  the exact spelling and pronunciation of any word.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 9

Which of the following represents a category of related objects or events and helps us identify important features of the world?

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A)  algorithm
B)  heuristic
C)  kinesthetic image
D)  conceptE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

You are asked to multiply a three-digit number and a two-digit number. You follow the steps you were taught in fifth grade, and you correctly answer the problem. You utilized

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A)  a heuristic.
B)  an algorithm.
C)  insight.
D)  divergent thinking.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Dr. Mascona shows his psychology class a slide in which the names of colors are printed in different colors of ink, such as the word green printed in a purple ink. He then asks a volunteer to name the color of the ink in which each word is printed. Because his volunteer is a fluent English reader, she has difficulty naming the color of the ink because reading words has become so automatic to her. Dr. Mascona demonstrated how fluent readers use experiential processing in reading words by using which of the following?

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A)  Anagrams test
B)  Snellen chart
C)  Stroop interference task
D)  "reverse vision" taskE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 12

If one does not pay attention to the underlying probability of an event occurring, faulty decisions are made due to

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A)  ignoring the base rate.
B)  the framing effect.
C)  the representativeness heuristic.
D)  "thin-slicing."E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Regarding creativity, mental illness, and personality disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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A)  Most creative people are not mentally ill.
B)  Most mentally ill people are not particularly creative.
C)  Many of history's renowned artists, writers, poets, and composers, including Vincent Van Gogh, Edgar Allan Poe, Winston Churchill, and Ernest Hemingway, experienced pronounced mood swings.
D)  Most creative people tend to be highly eccentric with unusual, outlandish, and bizarre personalities.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Renea believes that anybody that states that they are voting for "her" political candidate is totally right, honest, and righteous; while anybody that chooses to vote for the "other" candidate is absolutely wrong, unethical, sinful, and "not her friend anymore." Renea is exhibiting

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A)  prototyping.
B)  dichotomous rationalization.
C)  cognitive dissonance.
D)  all-or-nothing thinking.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Cary excels on open-ended essays and creative art projects. Cary performs well on measures of __________ thought.

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A)  divergent
B)  algorithmic
C)  convergent
D)  denotativeE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

English-speakers tend to think of the future as being "ahead" of them and the past "behind" them, while speakers of the South American language Aymara see the past as being "ahead" of them. A finding, such as this, lends support to the

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A)  linguistic relativity hypothesis.
B)  law of linguistic effect.
C)  temporal sequence effect.
D)  semantic differential hypothesis.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

A "cat" can be defined as a furry little animal that goes "meow," while the word "cats" indicates that there is more than one of these little animals. Thus, while "cat" indicates one meaningful unit, "cats" would constitute two

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A)  phonemes.
B)  morphemes.
C)  transformations.
D)  syntactical units.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The linguistic relativity hypothesis states that

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A)  the words we use not only reflect our thoughts but can shape them as well.
B)  a simple declarative sentence may be changed to other voices or forms, such as past tense, passive voice, and so forth.
C)  there is a tendency during group problem solving for one person's ideas to trigger ideas from others.
D)  people have a tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match preexisting mental categories.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 19

In attempting to solve a problem, a subject fails to see that the old doorknob in the box could be used as a weight to hang on the balance scale. This subject is exhibiting

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A)  inductive thought.
B)  functional fixedness.
C)  a failure of short-term memory.
D)  disjunctive thinking.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

When you form a mental image of "a flower," the brain area where memories are stored sends signals back to which brain area in order to create that image?

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A)  somatosensory area
B)  primary visual area
C)  temporal lobe
D)  reticular formationE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity

Regarding creativity, mental illness, and personality disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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The connotative meaning of a word is

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If one does not pay attention to the underlying probability of an event occurring, faulty decisions are made due to

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Regarding studies on bilingualism, which of the following statements is FALSE?

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In attempting to solve a problem, a subject fails to see that the old doorknob in the box could be used as a weight to hang on the balance scale. This subject is exhibiting

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Deductive thought is thinking that applies a general set of rules to specific situations, for example, using the laws of gravity to predict the behavior of a single falling object.

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A "cat" can be defined as a furry little animal that goes "meow," while the word "cats" indicates that there is more than one of these little animals. Thus, while "cat" indicates one meaningful unit, "cats" would constitute two

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Cary excels on open-ended essays and creative art projects. Cary performs well on measures of __________ thought.

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Renea believes that anybody that states that they are voting for "her" political candidate is totally right, honest, and righteous; while anybody that chooses to vote for the "other" candidate is absolutely wrong, unethical, sinful, and "not her friend anymore." Renea is exhibiting

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You are asked to multiply a three-digit number and a two-digit number. You follow the steps you were taught in fifth grade, and you correctly answer the problem. You utilized

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Most thinking relies heavily on language because

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Which of the following focused on the unspoken rules we use to change core ideas into various sentences, rather than the "surface language" of traditional grammar?

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When you form a mental image of "a flower," the brain area where memories are stored sends signals back to which brain area in order to create that image?

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English-speakers tend to think of the future as being "ahead" of them and the past "behind" them, while speakers of the South American language Aymara see the past as being "ahead" of them. A finding, such as this, lends support to the

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The majority of highly creative people tend to

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Which of the following represents a category of related objects or events and helps us identify important features of the world?

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