Chapter 7 Quiz Intro to Psych OpenStax

________ concepts are ones that we know by a specific set of characteristics.

• Natural

• Artificial

• Ideal

• Prototypical

Knowing what a dinosaur is because you looked through a book with pictures of dinosaurs and watched the film Jurassic Park is an example of a natural concept that was developed through ________ experience.

• direct

• indirect

• practical

• theoretical

Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?

• interpretation

• language

• semantics

• syntax

What is the confirmation bias?

• 
  believing the event you just experienced was predictable

• focusing on information that confirms your existing beliefs

• focusing only on one piece of information when making a decision

• 
  stereotyping someone or something unintentionally

Niaz's car breaks down, and he is convinced that it was a predictable event even though there was no way of knowing it would happen. This exemplifies ________.

• 
  anchoring bias

• availability heuristic

• 
  hindsight bias

• 
  representational bias

Anwar is hiking in the woods and he gets lost. He spends several days trying to find his way back to his basecamp, but he has the knowledge to gather wood, start a fire, and keep himself warm at night. He is also able to identify local berries and mushrooms growing that he can eat without being poisoned. Anwar is demonstrating ________ intelligence from the triarchic theory.

• analytic

• fluid

• functional

• practical

Jake is sympathetic and considerate of his friends' moods. He really identifies with their feelings and readily understands their point of view. He is well-known around campus, and he has great relationships with his classmates and professors. Which area of the multiple intelligences model does this exemplify?

• interpersonal

• intrapersonal

• linguistic

• naturalist

What is the Flynn effect?

• Once a person knows his IQ, he stops trying to excel academically.

• The idea that standard intelligence tests are flawed when they are used to compare ethnic groups.

• The observation that each generation has a significantly higher IQ than the previous generation.

• The observation that each generation has a significantly lower IQ than the previous generation.

What was the most controversial conclusion made by Arthur Jensen with regard to Level 1 and Level II intelligence?

• African Americans, as a group, had the lowest amount of Level II intelligence.

• Level I intelligence could only be mastered by those who were socioeconomically advantaged.

• Those without Level II intelligence should be sterilized so that they could not reproduce.

• Level I intelligence at higher levels should exempt citizens from military service.

Rudy is amazing in all of his school classes, except math. He struggles to understand basic arithmetic concepts, confuses mathematical symbols like "+" and "=", and gets very frustrated and upset at the thought of doing math homework.  Rudy has a normal level of cognitive functioning in other areas and reads and writes with ease.  Rudy's parents may want to have him evaluated to see if he suffers from ________.

• dyslexia

• dysgraphia

• dyscalculia

• intellectual disability