Ch.8 Cognition, Language, and Intelligence

Vocab words(text)

100

Genes?

Strands of DNA found in the nuclei of all living cells.

200

Deductive reasoning?

Reasoning from the general to the specific.

300

It is a Two-word sentences that children begin to utter at 20-26 months?

-telegraphic speech

400

Phonemes 

The smallest units of sound in language

500

Validity- The degree to which a test measures the trait that it was designed to measure.

True or false 

True

Theories

100

Practical intelligence?

​Is our ability to adapt to our environment. 

200

A theory that proposes that intelligence is composed of analytical, practical, and creative abilities that help us adapt to our environment?

The Triarchi theory of intelligence 

300

Our a ability to use our knowledge of the world in novel situations?

A. Analytical intelligence 

B. Creative intelligence 

Creative intelligence 

400

_______ intelligence, Is seen in our ability to use logic to reason our way through problems-for example, finding a way to fix your car when it breaks Down.

A. Puzzle intelligence 

B. analytical intelligence 

Analytica intelligence 

500

The idea that we possess different types of intelligence rather than a single, overall level of intelligence?

A. Multiple intelligence 

B. General intelligence

A. Multiple intelligence 

Ch.8 worksheet

100

is language acquisition device A biological makeup that gives us an innate knowledge of the syntax of a language.

True or false

True

200

It is  a test that uses a standard set of questions, procedures, and scoring methods for all test takers.

- standardized test

300

How did Alfred Binet go about testing school children?

A child's performance in the tests could then reveal their mental age, compared to a 'normal' result.

400

What underlines IQ differences among different racial and ethnic group?

Generally speaking, studies have shown that average IQ scores tend to vary across racial groups in America.

500

​Abilities that rely on information- processing skills such as reaction time, attention, and working memory?

A.Fluid intelligence 

B.general intelligence 

A.Fluid intelligence 

Miscellaneous

100

_______ _______Involves reasoning from the general to the specific?

A. Mental Reasoning 

B. Deductive reasoning 

B. Deductive reasoning 

200

Creativity requires us to think divergently? 

True or false 

True 

300

Vocab word 

Abilities that rely on knowledge, expertise, and judgement?

-crystallized intelligence

400

the theory that one’s language can directly determine or influence one’s thoughts?

Whorfian Hypothesis or the linguistic relativity hypothesis

500

Define 

The rules of conversasation in a particular culture.

Morpemes 

?

100

Is a bat a mammal? 

Yes or No?

Yes

200

Would a vehicle be a superordinate concept for the category car?  

Yes or no 

Yes, vehicle 

300

What is functional fixedness? 

A. Being able to see objects only on their familiar roles 

B. Not Being able to see objects on their familiar roles.

A.Being able to see objects only in their familiar roles.

400

The smallest units of sound in a language?

A. Morphemes

B.phonemes

B.phonemes

500

The rules of conversation in a particular culture?

A. Morphemes

B. Pragmatics 

B.pragmatic