Final - 9&10 Flashcards
A prototype is a
Best example of a particular category
After spending two hours trying to solve an engineering problem, Amira finally gave up. As she was trying to fall asleep that night, a solution to the problem popped into her head. Amira’s experience best illustrates
Insight
The confirmation bias refers to the tendency to
Search for information that supports our preconceptions
Overconfidence refers to the tendency to
Underestimate the extent to which our beliefs and judgements are wrong
A $100 coat marked down from $150 can seem like a better deal than the same coat priced regularly at $100. This best illustrates the importance of
Framing
The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas is called
Creativity
The most creative scientists are those who
Are intrinsically motivated to solve problems
Language refers to the
Spoken, written, or signed words and the ways they are combined to communicate meaning
The ability to produce words is to productive language as the ability to comprehend speech is to ______ language
Receptive
At some point during the babbling stage, infants begin to
Lose their ability to discriminate sounds they never hear
An impairment of language is known as
Aphasia
Experts would most likely agree that intelligence is a
Mental ability to learn from experience
Which of the following is NOT an aspect of what is commonly called intelligence
Artistic ability
Spearman’s g factor refers to
A general intelligence that underlies successful performance on a wide variety of tasks
L. L. Thurstone believed that there are
Seven different primary mental abilities, each of which is a relatively independent element of intelligence
