Question 1

Males' mental ability scores show greater ________ than females' mental ability scores.

Accepted Answer

A)   stability
B)   heritability
C)   variability
D)   growth mind-setE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Support programs that suggest minority students cannot succeed without special academic help may unintentionally promote:

Accepted Answer

A)   a growth mind-set
B)   stereotype threat.
C)   polygenetic effects.
D)   predictive validity.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 3

The importance of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by evidence that:

Accepted Answer

A)   general intelligence scores predict performance on a variety of complex tasks.
B)   the cognitive development of neglected children is often delayed.
C)   identical twins raised together have more similar intelligence scores than fraternal twins raised together.
D)   mental similarities between adopted children and their adoptive families increase with age.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis emphasizes that:

Accepted Answer

A)   infancy is a critical period for language development.
B)   all languages share a similar grammar.
C)   our linguistic proficiencies influence our social status.
D)   words shape the way people think.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C) D

Question 5

Wernicke's area is typically located in the left ________ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A)   parietal
B)   occipital
C)   temporal
D)   frontalE) A) and C)
F) None of the above C

Question 6

The earliest stage of speech development is called the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)   babbling
B)   telegraphic speech
C)   one-word
D)   grammaticalE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 7

Max is so used to thinking that a tough competitive style of behavior is the best way to impress others that he fails to recognize that the most effective way to impress his girlfriend is with cooperative tenderness.Max's oversight best illustrates:

Accepted Answer

A)   a fixation.
B)   the framing effect.
C)   an algorithm.
D)   divergent thinking.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Once we have categorized an object,our memory of the object increasingly resembles the category:

Accepted Answer

A)   algorithm.
B)   prototype.
C)   heuristic.
D)   mental set.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

People with savant syndrome are best described as those who demonstrate:

Accepted Answer

A)   high levels of emotional intelligence.
B)   difficulty remembering past experiences.
C)   an exceptional specific skill.
D)   a lack of numerical ability.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A)   emotional intelligence.
B)   the g factor.
C)   savant syndrome.
D)   practical intelligence.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Chimpanzees are capable of learning to:

Accepted Answer

A)   understand spoken words.
B)   communicate with gestures.
C)   string signs together into a meaningful sequence.
D)   do all of these things.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Alex was an African Grey parrot who displayed:

Accepted Answer

A)   self-awareness.
B)   numerical ability.
C)   algorithms.
D)   the availability heuristic.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 13

Compared with men,women are ________ capable of remembering objects' spatial locations and they are ________ sensitive to taste and color.

Accepted Answer

A)   more;less
B)   less;more
C)   more;more
D)   less;lessE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Dr.Dawson is conducting a study with military veterans from the Vietnam and Gulf wars.He plans to evaluate them every year for 10 years to see if those with PTSD have a more pronounced decline in mental abilities and overall memory.This is a(n) ________ study.

Accepted Answer

A)   longitudinal
B)   eugenic
C)   cross-sectional
D)   factor analyticE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 15

Infants are first able to discriminate speech sounds during the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)   one-word
B)   telegraphic
C)   babbling
D)   syntacticE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

Spearman's g factor refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)   the genetic contribution to intelligence.
B)   a general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks.
C)   a highly developed skill or talent possessed by a person with an otherwise limited mental ability.
D)   the ability to understand and regulate emotions.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

Brain scans reveal that different ________ are activated when we process verbs rather than nouns.

Accepted Answer

A)   semantics
B)   heuristics
C)   neural networks
D)   critical periodsE) None of the above
F) A) and C) C

Question 18

Byong Yu just turned 60 years old.He's been an avid reader since he was a child,absorbing information about all kinds of disparate topics.He now feels ready to use his accumulated knowledge to create a book of crossword puzzles.The resulting puzzles would most likely demonstrate his:

Accepted Answer

A)   factor analysis.
B)   fluid intelligence.
C)   emotional intelligence.
D)   crystallized intelligence.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

A mental grouping of similar objects,events,ideas,or people is a(n) :

Accepted Answer

A)   algorithm.
B)   prototype.
C)   heuristic.
D)   concept.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 20

Introductory psychology students were more likely to achieve a good midterm exam grade if prior to the exam they repeatedly practiced visual imagery that involved:

Accepted Answer

A)   receptive language.
B)   an outcome simulation.
C)   productive language.
D)   a process simulation.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Exam 9: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Males' mental ability scores show greater ________ than females' mental ability scores.

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Support programs that suggest minority students cannot succeed without special academic help may unintentionally promote:

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The importance of environmental influences on intelligence is provided by evidence that:

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Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis emphasizes that:

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Wernicke's area is typically located in the left ________ lobe.

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The earliest stage of speech development is called the ________ stage.

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Max is so used to thinking that a tough competitive style of behavior is the best way to impress others that he fails to recognize that the most effective way to impress his girlfriend is with cooperative tenderness.Max's oversight best illustrates:

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Once we have categorized an object,our memory of the object increasingly resembles the category:

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People with savant syndrome are best described as those who demonstrate:

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

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Chimpanzees are capable of learning to:

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Alex was an African Grey parrot who displayed:

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Compared with men,women are ________ capable of remembering objects' spatial locations and they are ________ sensitive to taste and color.

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Dr.Dawson is conducting a study with military veterans from the Vietnam and Gulf wars.He plans to evaluate them every year for 10 years to see if those with PTSD have a more pronounced decline in mental abilities and overall memory.This is a(n) ________ study.

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Infants are first able to discriminate speech sounds during the ________ stage.

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Spearman's g factor refers to:

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Brain scans reveal that different ________ are activated when we process verbs rather than nouns.

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Byong Yu just turned 60 years old.He's been an avid reader since he was a child,absorbing information about all kinds of disparate topics.He now feels ready to use his accumulated knowledge to create a book of crossword puzzles.The resulting puzzles would most likely demonstrate his:

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A mental grouping of similar objects,events,ideas,or people is a(n) :

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Introductory psychology students were more likely to achieve a good midterm exam grade if prior to the exam they repeatedly practiced visual imagery that involved:

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