SDC Psychology - Topic 8: Cognition and Intelligence

Regarding concept formation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Children acquire concepts via positive and negative instances

• Adults often acquire concepts by learning or forming rules

• Rules are efficient, but examples are most important

• A class of objects that have 2 or more featurs in common is called a relational concept.

A class of objects that have two or more features in common is a _____ concept.

• relational

• conjunctive

• disjunctive

• prototypical

You are advised to attend an orientation session in Maples-Marshall Hall which is the large building to your right as you enter campus. These directions illustrate _____ concepts.

• protypical

• relational

• disjunctive

• conjunctive

LeBron believes that any student that makes straight A's is socially inept and non-athletic. Regarding straight-A students, LeBron is using a _____.

• disjunctive concept

• social stereotype

• conjunctive prototype

• denotative concept

Comparing human and artificial intelligence (AI), which of the following statements is FALSE?

• No machine has proven to be able to keep up with a human in an open-ended conversation

• A world chess champion and Jeopardy champions have lost to computers

• Artificial intelligence systems offer a way to probe some of the specific cognitive skills of humans, such as problem-solving

• Artificial intelligence has been show to be much more flexible than human cognition

Howard Gardner has theorized all the following types of intelligence EXCEPT _____.

• language

• creativity

• interpersonal skills

• intrapersonal skills

Robert Sternberg referred to people with "school-learning" as having ______ intelligence.

• practical

• analytical

• naturalistic

• visual-spatial

A school curriculum built on Howard Gardner's theory of intelligence would provide ____.

• neuromuscular training because such skills underlie general intelligence

• a diverse curriculum to cultivate a wide range of skills and talents, both traditional and nontraditional

• training in logic, rhetoric, philosophy, and math to strengthen the general factor of intelligence

• emphasis only on creative, artistic abilities and not the traditional emphasis on analytic abilities

The g-factor refers to _____.

• the variety of intelligence that is due to genetic factors

• one's verbal intelligence

• one's performance intelligence

• general mental abilities

The generall-accepted definition of intelligence includes the ability to _____.

• record and recall visual images

• act purposely

• interact effectively in social groups

• think emotionally