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Intelligence
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Intelligence 2
Language 2
100
This psychologist says that we acquire language naturally based on the way the human brain is constructed.
Chomsky
100
A person's mental ability expressed as the age at which an average person reaches the same ability.
Mental Age
100
Piaget’s adaptation process in which we change our way of thinking based on new information.
Accomodation
100
Define chronological age
The number of years a person has lived.
100
True or False, Children who are bilingual will perform better on all forms of testing than their monolingual peers.
True
200
What is the main component needed in order for a child to begin presenting babbling behavior?
Positive Reinforcement
200
Compares your performance on various tasks with the performance of others.
IQ test
200
Being able to mentally represent objects usually presents in young children as what first?
Object Permanence
200
When does processing speed typically increase?
Childhood
200
Children acquire the various nuances of language in what order?
No particular order
300
Simple two or three word sentences usually comprised of one noun and one verb and typically used by young children first learning to speak are called what?
Telegraphic speech
300
Why should we view IQ scores with caution?
Scores can lead to false expectations and stereotyping
300
Peer tutoring can be an example of what learning method?
Scaffolding
300
Traditional intelligence tests require what type of thinking?
Convergent thinking
300
Before a child can present complex thoughts and ideas in grammatically correct ways on paper, they must first be able to present them how?
Orally
400
Where are Brocca’s and Wernike’s Aphasia located?
Left Hemisphere
400
A bright child’s _____ age will be higher than their ______ age
Mental/chronological
400
When presented with peas for the first time, 18 month old Cara throws one, saying ball. According to Piaget, Cara is _____ the pea into her ball scheme.
Assimilating
400
Why might a 50 year old be a better problem solver than a 21 year old?
The 50 year old has more life experience
400
The sentence “the pencil sang a lovely tune” is semantically ______ but syntactically _______
Incorrect/correct
500
A disorder affecting the left hemisphere of the brain, usually occurring after stroke that affects a person’s ability to find and form the correct words.
Brocca’s Aphasia
500
If someone performs average on an IQ test, but has a college education and is highly motivated, what would we expect of their job performance?
We can expect job performance to be a little above average as it is predicted more by attitude and education than IQ.
500
When Derek’s mother tells him to say hello to a person he doesn’t know he is confused because this goes against her “don’t talk to strangers” rule. Derek is now in which of Piaget’s adaptation stages?
Disequilibrium
500
What might help older adults cope with the slowing of processing speed during this stage of life?
Strategies learned through life experience
500
A disorder that usually occurs after a stroke that affects the ability to understand speech, but also creates a problem of fluent speech using incorrect words.
Wernike’s Aphasia