Thinking and Language Quiz

What are cognition and metacognition and what are the functions of concepts?

• The process of understanding and communicating; Keeping track of and evaluating our mental processes; Mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people; Give us much cognitive effort with little information

• The process of thinking and communicating; Keeping track of and evaluating our mental processes; Mental grouping of different objects; Give us little information with much cognitive effort

• The process of learning and understanding; keeping track of and evaluating our mental processes; Mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people; Give us much information with little cognitive effort

• The process of learning and evaluating; Keeping track of our mental processes; Mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people; Give us much information with little cognitive effort

What cognitive strategies assist our problem solving, and what obstacles hinder it?

• Algorithm and Heuristic; Confirmation bias and Fixation in cognition; Insight and Mental set; Availability heuristic and Representativeness heuristic

• Algorithm and Heuristic; Confirmation bias and Availability heuristic; Insight and Fixation in cognition; Mental set and Representativeness heuristic

• Algorithm and Heuristic; Confirmation bias and Insight; Mental set and Fixation in cognition; Availability heuristic and Representativeness heuristic

• Algorithm and Heuristic; Confirmation bias and Mental set; Insight and Fixation in cognition; Availability heuristic and Representativeness heuristic

What is intuition, and how can the representativeness and availability heuristics influence our decisions and judgments?

• A sudden realization of a problem's solution; Judging the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; Judging the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

• A sudden realization of a problem's solution; Judging the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; Judging the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

• A sudden realization of a problem's solution; Judging the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; Judging the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; A tendency to search for information that contradicts our preconceptions and to ignore or distort supporting evidence

• A sudden realization of a problem's solution; Judging the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; Judging the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; A tendency to ignore information that supports our preconceptions and to distort contradictory evidence

What do we know about thinking in other species?

• They can recognize themselves in a mirror; They can display insight and transmit cultural patterns; They can learn grammar rules and use language; They can recognize themselves in a mirror and display insight

• They can recognize themselves in a mirror; They can display insight and transmit cultural patterns; They can learn grammar rules and use language; They can recognize themselves in a mirror and learn grammar rules

• They can recognize themselves in a mirror; They can display insight and transmit cultural patterns; They can learn grammar rules and use language; They can display insight and transmit cultural patterns

• They can recognize themselves in a mirror; They can display insight and transmit cultural patterns; They can learn grammar rules and use language; They can recognize themselves in a mirror and transmit cultural patterns

How do we acquire language, and what is universal grammar?

• By touching screens in quest of a food reward; A built-in predisposition to learn grammar rules and therefore language; By recognizing differences in speech sounds; By recognizing differences in speech sounds and reading lips

• By recognizing differences in speech sounds and reading lips; A built-in predisposition to learn grammar rules and therefore language; By touching screens in quest of a food reward; By recognizing differences in speech sounds

• By recognizing differences in speech sounds; A built-in predisposition to learn grammar rules and therefore language; By touching screens in quest of a food reward; By recognizing differences in speech sounds and reading lips

• By touching screens in quest of a food reward; A built-in predisposition to learn grammar rules and therefore language; By recognizing differences in speech sounds; By recognizing differences in speech sounds and reading lips

What are the milestones in language development?

• Recognizing differences in speech sounds at 4 months; Entering the one-word stage at around 10 months; Recognizing object names at 6 months; Babbling stage at around 4 months

• Recognizing differences in speech sounds at 4 months; Entering the one-word stage at around 10 months; Recognizing object names at 6 months; Babbling stage at around 6 months

• Recognizing differences in speech sounds at 4 months; Entering the one-word stage at around 10 months; Recognizing object names at 6 months; Babbling stage at around 12 months

• Recognizing differences in speech sounds at 4 months; Entering the one-word stage at around 10 months; Recognizing object names at 6 months; Babbling stage at around 8 months

What brain areas are involved in language processing and speech?

• Frontal lobe, Temporal lobe, Brainstem, Parietal lobe

• Frontal lobe, Temporal lobe, Limbic system, Parietal lobe

• Frontal lobe, Temporal lobe, Cerebellum, Parietal lobe

• Frontal lobe, Temporal lobe, Occipital lobe, Parietal lobe

What do we know about other species' capacity for language?

• Pigeons can learn the difference between words and nonwords; Chimps can consider what others know; Bonobos can display insight; Chimps can consider what others know and Bonobos can display insight

• Pigeons can learn the difference between words and nonwords; Chimps can consider what others know; Bonobos can display insight; Pigeons can learn the difference between words and nonwords and Bonobos can display insight

• Pigeons can learn the difference between words and nonwords; Chimps can consider what others know; Bonobos can display insight; Pigeons can learn the difference between words and nonwords and Chimps can consider what others know

• Pigeons can learn the difference between words and nonwords; Chimps can consider what others know; Bonobos can display insight; Pigeons can learn the difference between words and nonwords and Chimps can consider what others know

What is the relationship between thinking and language?

• Language shapes basic ideas; Language influences thinking; Thinking shapes language; Language and thinking are interconnected

• Language shapes basic ideas; Language influences thinking; Thinking shapes language; Language and thinking are unrelated

• Language shapes basic ideas; Language influences thinking; Thinking shapes language; Language and thinking are independent

• Language shapes basic ideas; Language influences thinking; Thinking shapes language; Language and thinking are interdependent

What is linguistic determinism and linguistic relativism?

• The idea that language influences the way we think; The hypothesis that language determines the way we think; The hypothesis that language influences the way we think; The idea that language determines the way we think

• The idea that language influences the way we think; The hypothesis that language determines the way we think; The hypothesis that language influences the way we think; The idea that language determines the way we think

• The idea that language influences the way we think; The hypothesis that language determines the way we think; The hypothesis that language influences the way we think; The idea that language determines the way we think

• The idea that language influences the way we think; The hypothesis that language determines the way we think; The hypothesis that language influences the way we think; The idea that language determines the way we think