Chapter 9

Question 1

convergent thinking

Answer 1

narrows solutions to find best one

Question 2

divergent thinking

Answer 2

expands number of possible solutions

Question 3

language is

Answer 3

spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning

Question 4

5 building blocks of spoken language

Answer 4

phonemes
morphemes
grammar
semantics
syntax

Question 5

receptive language

Answer 5

infants begin understanding what is said at 4 months

Question 6

productive language

Answer 6

ability to produce words at 10 months

Question 7

aphasia

Answer 7

impairment of language, caused by left hemisphere damage

Question 8

impairs speaking

Answer 8

broca’s area

Question 9

impairs understanding

Answer 9

Wernicke’s area

Question 10

intelligence

Answer 10

mental potential to learn from experience, solve problems and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

Question 11

what did charles spearman believe

Answer 11

that humans have one general intelligence that is at the heart of everything a person does

Question 12

sternbergs 3 intelligences

Answer 12

analytical (school smarts)
creative (trailblazing smarts)
practical (street smarts)

Question 13

aptitude test

Answer 13

predicts a person’s future performance

capacity to learn

Question 14

achievement test

Answer 14

asses what someone has learned

Question 15

alfred binet

Answer 15

predicitng school achievement
believed there was an enviromental explanation for intelligence
assumed all kids follow same course, but not the same arte if intellectual intelligence

Question 16

david wechsler

Answer 16

Wechsler’s adult intelligence scale (WAIS)

Question 17

makes a good test

Answer 17

standardized, reliable, valid

Question 18

score genius begins

Answer 18

130

Question 19

intellectual disability

Answer 19

low intelligence test scores

70 or below on a test with midpoint of 100