Thinking
Thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating are all associated with ___________?
Cognition
Using barely recognizable syllables to communicate meaning best illustrates a 12-month old's developing capacity for ________.
Productive language
Often shortened to (g) this underlies all mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
General Intelligence
Adopted children's intelligence test scores resemble those of their _________ parents more than their _______ families.
Biological; adoptive
John is genetic male who was born with two X chromosomes and one Y chromosome. This is known as
Klinefelter syndrome- often results in sterility and small testes
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Bill, a famous news anchor, had his daughter vaccinated. Later on, she developed autism. The story caused many to believe vaccinations were dangerous despite well-known, replicated data saying otherwise. This is an example of what?
Available heuristic
Bilingual children exhibit enhanced _______ _______ by being better able to understand another person's ______.
Social skills; perspective
Sandra lacks social skills and scores low on tests, but she has a remarkable ability to play any song she hears on the piano after hearing it once.
this is an example of
Savant Syndrome
Where environments vary widely, environmental differences are more predictive of ________ ________.
Intelligence scores
Any physical or verbal behavior of a sexual nature that is unwanted or intended to harm someone physically or emotionally.
Sexual Aggression/Sexual Harassment/Sexual assault
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Creativity tests require this type of thinking.
Divergent thinking
Ability to produce words is to ________ language as the ability to comprehend speech is to ________ language.
productive; receptive
A "backward" child should score much like a younger child, and a "bright" child should score like a typical older child. This is describing what?
Mental age
The environmental influence that has the cleanest, most profound effect on intellectual development is?
Being raised in conditions of extreme deprivation.
Our ____ ______ organize our experiences of male-female characteristics and help us think about our gender identity.
Gender Schemas
ex: clothing can be categorized as either masculine or feminine-looking
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A child learns what a tree is. From there on they refer to flowers, bushes, and all other plant life outside as trees. This is an example of a ______.
Concept
Chomsky argued that language is a(n) __________ human trait.
Unlearned
The SAT is what kind of test?
Aptitude
The strongest support for heredity's influence on intelligence.
Twins studies
A blend of female and male characteristics/roles that feels right to an individual.
androgyny
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We seldom take the time and effort to reason systematically because we follow our _______.
Intuition
Spoken language needs three building blocks:
Phonemes: smallest distinctive sound unit
Morphemes: Smallest language units that carry meaning
Grammar: a language's set of rules that enable people to communicate.
A study that followed Scots born in 1936 from ages 11-70 showed the stability of _________, independent of life circumstances.
Intelligence
_______ scoring people and groups are more likely to attain high levels of ________ and income.
High; education
In India and Pakistan, male family members kill approximately____ women in each country for dishonoring their families.
1,000