Language and Thought
B.F. Skinner believed the progression of language skills emerges through what?
shaping, successive approximations, and reinforcement
Who developed the first theory of intelligence?
Charles Spearman
What is the highest level of Maslow's hierarchy?
self actualization
What is the process by which the body achieves stability through physiological change?
allostasis
T or F: Babies can produce words before they are able to understand them.
False: The ability to understand words develops before the ability to produce words.
Charli is a 9-year-old girl. She imagines how her life will play out over the next several years as she plans which college to attend and what to be when she grows up. What type of thought is this?
mental representation
A gymnast learning a new flip is an example of what?
What refers to how much one sticks to tasks over long periods of time.
grit
Why is human language unique?
It allows us to communicate abstract/distant ideas
Audree states that all pets with four feet are dogs. Sam has a pet with four feet so it must be a dog. What is this an example of?
deductive reasoning
This subtype of intelligence form the triarchic theory involves judging, evaluation, or comparing and contrasting information
analytic intelligence
What are the three categories of coping strategies?
problem focused
emotion focused
social support
Wernicke's area is responsible for what?
language comprehension
This type of intelligence allows the individual to navigate and visualize objects from different angles.
spatial intelligence
false
hunger is an example of a drive
What is a personality trait that involves being more flexible and better able to bounce back.
resilience
Which view of language acquisition suggests that language is discovered rather than learned?
Nativist
(Noam Chomsky's language acquisition device)
What is the best theory that can be used to answer how someone is intelligent?
multiple-factor theory of intelligence
John Atkinson argued that the tendency to succeed is a function of what?
Motivation to succeed
The expectation of success
The incentive value of the success
T or F: Stress is always bad
False
Stress can be beneficial