Okami Chapter 09 Practice Test

Okami Chapter 09 Practice Test

. This theoretical idea states that the mind was designed to process and manipulate information.

. The two primary components of thinking in terms of representing information are called:

. Which mental representation would we need to utilize to think about abstract words like time, ambivalence, and fatigue?

. All of the following would be characterized by a cognitive scientist as natural concepts, EXCEPT:

. In Daniel Kahneman’s theory, the system of thought that is rapid, intuitive, effortless, and automatic, is called

. This procedure for solving problems will work as long as you input information in the appropriate manner.

. When our thoughts about certain events are easily “accessible” to our consciousness, we tend to overestimate their likelihood of occurrence of the event. This is known as the

. To say that the base rate of Americans with depression is 5 percent, whereas the base rate of having the first name “John” is 20 percent, it means that

. In order to experience insight while solving a problem, one must first experience this state.

. When people pay more attention to events that are consistent with their own predictions while ignoring other events, this is an example of

. Humans are able to use a relatively small number of words and grammatical structures of a language to compose a theoretically infinite number of sentences. This is called

. When humans use language to converse about things that do not exist, are abstract, or have yet to occur, linguists refer to it as

. In linguistic theory, children use this innate knowledge to acquire the specific language spoken by the caregivers.

. The tragic case of “Genie,” a girl who was subjected to physical abuse and prohibited from speaking for the first 13 years of her life, supports the idea that

. When children make language errors like saying “taked” instead of “took,” or “badder” instead of “worse,” linguists believe it is evidence for an innate language faculty because

. Susan Hespos and Elizabeth Spelke (2004) observed that the Korean language, but not the English language, uses entirely different verbs to describe whether an object fits loosely or tightly inside or on top of another. This is an example of the

. When nonhuman animals communicate with one another, the system of communication is always

. Studies of language learning with primates like Kanzi, Nim, and Washoe demonstrated that primates are able to communicate with human language

. This type of measurement is the defining method of psychometrics.

. This popular-science term refers to the normal distribution of IQ scores throughout the population.

. Nintey-six percent of people’s IQ scores fall between these two scores.

. An IQ score between about 50 and 70 may reflect mild mental retardation, if the person also demonstrates

. Which of the following describes the most reliable and valid use of IQ scores?

. According to Sternberg’s triarchic theory, all of the following are examples of the use of practical intelligence, EXCEPT:

. Young children have relatively little control over their lives, but as they grow older their ability to seek out environments, relationships, and experiences more in keeping with aspects of their genetic heredity increases. This is consistent with a(n)

. Young children have relatively little control over their lives, but as they grow older their ability to seek out environments, relationships, and experiences more in keeping with aspects of their genetic heredity increases. This is consistent with a(n)

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