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Question 1 1 out of 1 points

Ruth is an eight-month-old infant. According to milestones of language development, which of the following language milestones is attained by Ruth at this age? Selected Answer: She produces babbling sounds of spoken language. Answers:

She understands more than fifty words. She understands two-word combinations. She produces babbling sounds of spoken language. She demonstrates an increased awareness of pragmatics.

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Question 2 1 out of 1 points

Nina is an eighteen-year-old girl. According to milestones of language development, which of the following language milestones is attained by Nina between the age of 15 and 20? Selected Answer: She understands adult literary works. Answers:

She understands adult literary works. She understands the function of a word in a sentence. The mean length of utterances increases to 3-4 morphemes in a sentence. She coordinates simple sentences.

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Question 3 1 out of 1 points

Evidence of the role of language in cognitive activities includes the fact that: Selected Answer: memory is stored in the form of words. Answers:

memory is stored only in the form of images. memory is stored only in the form of sounds. without language, people have no memories. memory is stored in the form of words.

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Question 4 1 out of 1 points

Emily has been asked to review a set of test items that are being considered for a standardized intelligence test. The test constructors intend to eliminate all items that contain any possible cultural bias. With this task in mind, which of the following questions should be eliminated by Emily in this scenario? Selected Answer: What is the name of the main character in Macbeth? Answers:

What is the difference between a stone and a potato? What would you wear if it were very cold outside? What is the name of the main character in Macbeth?

What are the similarities between flowers and trees? 

Question 5 1 out of 1 points

The concept of _____ is best defined as the ability to do well on cognitive tasks, to solve problems, and to learn from experience. Selected Answer: intelligence Answers:

mindfulness intelligence validity reasoning

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Question 6 1 out of 1 points

Today we use standardized IQ tests to evaluate someone's intelligence. The distribution of scores for all subjects fall into a normal curve where the mean is ____ and the standard deviation is 15. Selected Answer: 100 Answers:

90 100 110 120

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Question 7 1 out of 1 points

Being receptive to other ways of looking at things is referred to as _____. Selected Answer: open-mindedness Answers:

critical thinking mindfulness convergent thinking open-mindedness

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Question 8 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is an example of functional fixedness? Selected Answer: Albert cannot find another use for his leftover shingles. Answers:

Melissa is unaware of the features of her new iPod. Cindy puts her jacket on a coat hanger. Roberto uses his baseball glove to play catch. Albert cannot find another use for his leftover shingles.

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Question 9 1 out of 1 points

After the outcome of an election is announced, George states that he knew all along what the outcome would be. This is a form of: Selected Answer: hindsight bias. Answers:

confirmation bias. hindsight bias. availability heuristic. representativeness heuristic.

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Question 10 1 out of 1 points

As part of a research study, Dora is administered an intelligence test and obtains a particular score on this test. A few days later, she repeats the same test as a part of the same study and obtains the same score. This in turn leads Dora to conclude that the intelligence test possesses adequate _____. Selected Answer: reliability Answers:

norms distribution validity reliability

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Question 11 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following describes the trait of a critical thinker? Selected Answer: Grasping the deeper meaning of ideas Answers:

Grasping the deeper meaning of ideas Providing a single accurate solution to a problem Relying on the opinion of more experienced others Practicing groupthink

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Question 12 1 out of 1 points

The most popular Intelligence test in use today is the : Selected Answer: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Answers:

Stanford - Binet Terman's termite test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Brubaker's common sense test

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Question 13

1 out of 1 points

Concepts refer to: Selected Answer: mental categories that are used to group objects, events, and characteristics. Answers:

mental categories that are used to group objects, events, and characteristics. appropriate ways to attain a goal when the goal is not readily available. unique strategies that guarantee a solution to a problem. specific reasons behind linguistic differences between ethnic groups.

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Question 14 1 out of 1 points (Extra Credit)

Human beings will often reason from the specific to the general. That is, people often form general rules and concepts based on specific experiences and examples. This type of reasoning is termed as: Selected Answer: inductive reasoning. Answers:

deductive reasoning. retrospective reasoning. inductive reasoning. descriptive reasoning.

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Question 15 1 out of 1 points

The fact that Jordan hears about airplane crashes on the news more often than he hears about automobile crashes may lead him to believe that he is more likely to die in a plane than in a car. This scenario exemplifies: Selected Answer: availability heuristic. Answers:

confirmation bias. hindsight bias. availability heuristic. representativeness heuristic.

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Question 16 1 out of 1 points

According to Gardner's multiple intelligences, which of the following intelligences would be LEAST important for a car salesperson? Selected Answer: Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence Answers:

Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence Verbal intelligence Interpersonal intelligence Mathematical intelligence

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Question 17

1 out of 1 points

Which of the following statements is true of people who are gifted? Selected Answer: They have superior talent in a particular area. Answers:

They are functionally fixed. They have an IQ of less than 120. They have superior talent in a particular area. They have below average intelligence.

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Question 18 1 out of 1 points

A 10-year-old boy with a mental age of 13 would have an IQ of _____. Selected Answer: 130 Answers:

100 120 150 130

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Question 19 1 out of 1 points

Cathy has long believed that all her supervisors are cranky and disagreeable individuals. According to the confirmation bias, after being transferred to a new department, which of the following will Cathy most likely do on her first day in the new supervisor's department? Selected Answer: She will look for negative behaviors on the part of the supervisor. Answers:

She will forget about the things she has thought about her previous supervisors. She will look for positive behaviors on the part of her supervisor. She will share her feelings with the new supervisor. She will look for negative behaviors on the part of the supervisor.

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Question 20 1 out of 1 points

Infinite generativity refers to the ability to: Selected Answer: create an unlimited number of meaningful sentences. Answers:

learn more than one language. make multiple decisions. produce an unlimited number of rules. create an unlimited number of meaningful sentences.

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Question 21 1 out of 1 points

Heuristics differ from algorithms in that heuristics: Selected Answer: can lead to different answers to a given problem. Answers:

are slow. guarantee a solution to a problem. are complex strategies that suggest a solution to a problem. can lead to different answers to a given problem....