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WorksheetsSDC Psychology - Topic 8: Cognition and Intelligence
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
Maria is 70 years old and is taking a computer course at the local community college. She is learning to use the word processing feature on a computer and is attempting to "copy and paste" a section of text. As she attempts this procedure, she mentally "talks" herself through each step that she learned in class. Maria is using _____.
an algorithm
a heuristic
insight
a random search strategy
One day, a girl with whom you've been trying to go out with socially gives you her phone number on a napkin. You put the napkin in your pocket, planning to save the number in your phone later. Unfortunately, you forget to save the number and wash your pants without taking out the napkin. Now, all you can piece together of the phone number are the first six digits plus "1", then dial the first six digits plus "2", etc. until you dial the correct number, you are solving the problem by ____.
using heuristics
rote
trial and error
insight
As you are driving to your friend's new apartment, you realize that you forgot the address of the apartment building. You know that the apartment is north of his old apartment. As you drive down the street where his old apartment is, you begin looking at the signs: English Hills Drive, Dolly Parton Pkwy, Veterans Blvd, and LeConte Drive. You remember the apartment is on a Drive, not a street or circle, which narrows the possibilities. You are using a(n) ____
heuristic
algorithm
intuition
random search strategy
When solving a complex math problem, Jose proceeds from the given information in the problem to new conclusions based on explicit mathematical rules he has learned in class. Jose is using _____ thought.
divergent
logical
creative
illogical
By counting the number of time that you show fluency, flexibility, and originality, we could rate your creativity, or your capacity for _____ thinking.
inductive
deductive
convergent
divergent
You tell your parents about the "funny stories" that your psychology teacher uses to explain various concepts and theories. Your parents respond that they are not sending you to college to hear "funny stories" and that the teacher should lecture on the subject similarly to when they went to college. Which barrier to problem solving is illustrated by your parents' comments?
emotional barrier
cultural barrier
learned behavior
perceptual barrier
The fear of making a fool of yourself or of making a mistake is called a(n) ____ barrier to problem solving.
cultural
learned
perceptual
emotional
An individual with limited intelligence but who show exceptional mental ability in one or more narrow areas, such as calculus, art, or music, is said to have ____.
pseudo-giftedness
savant syndrome
Kinefelter's syndrome
borderline intelligence
Average intelligence is usually defined as any score from _____.
70-89
95-105
110-119
120-129
Most cognition/thinking relies intimately on language because ____.
words encode or translate the world into mental symbols that are easy to manipulate
words are necessary for any thinking other than conditioned responses
language is the essence for all intelligence
all answer choices
The linguistic relativity hypothesis states that _____.
the words we use not only reflect our thought but can shape them as well
a simple declarative sentence may be changed to other voices or forms, such as past tense, passive voice, and so forth
there is a tendency during group problem solving for one person's ideas to trigger ideas from others
people tend to select wrong answers because they seem to match pre-existing mental categories
Which of the following statements best explains the relationship between language and thought?
Thinking is not possible without language
Language is used in all forms of thought
Language provides a means of representing the world in symbols that are easy to manipulate
Thinking and language are the same thing
