Thinking
Problem Solving
Reasoning, Decision Making, and Judgement
Language
Intelligence
100

The mental process of acquiring and using knowledge is called?

Cognition

100

A rule-of-thumb strategy used to simplify problem-solving is called?

Heuristic

100

Reasoning that goes from general principles to specific conclusions is?

Deductive reasoning

100

The smallest sound units in a language are called?

Phonemes

100

Who created the first modern intelligence test?

Alfred Binet

200

Mental groupings of similar objects, events, or people are known as?

Concepts

200

A guaranteed method for solving a problem, though time-consuming, is a?

an Algorithm

200

Reasoning that goes from specific facts to broader generalization is?

Inductive reasoning

200

The smallest meaningful units in language?

Morphemes

200

Knowledge gained through experience and education is?

Crystallized Intelligence 

300

The best example of a category that represents it well is called?

A prototype

300

The sudden realization of a problem's solution is called?

Insight

300

Choosing among several options to conclude is called?

Decision Making

300

The rules for word order in language are called?

Syntax

300

The ability to solve new problems and think abstractly is?

Fluid Intelligence

400

Imagining steps to solve a problem uses what kind of mental process?

Mental Imagery

400

Focusing only on traditional uses of objects shows what limitation?

Functional fixedness?

400

Stereotyping is an example of which heuristic?

Representativeness heuristic

400

The meaning of words and phrases in language is studied under?

Semantics

400

The idea that intelligence consists of analytical, creative, and practical components is whose theory?

Sternberg's Triarchic Theory

500

Thinking that leads to many possible solutions, often linked with creativity, is what?

Divergent thinking

500

Getting stuck on one way of solving a problem and failing to try alternatives is called?

Mental set

500

Overestimating our accuracy in judgments is known as?

Overconfidence bias?

500

Which theory says humans are biologically prepared to learn language? (Language acquisition device)

Chomsky's Nativist theory

500

The statistical measure of how consistently a test measures something is called?

Relliability