8-Quiz – Flashcards

_____ psychology is the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes, including thinking, language, memory, problem solving, knowing, reasoning, and judging.

Which of the following statements best expresses the nature of mental images?

Mental groupings of objects, events, or people that share common features are called:

Which of the following is MOST likely the prototype of the concept "fruit"?

Syllogisms are used to study:

"All cats are remarkable. All remarkable things should be indulged. Therefore all cats should be indulged." This is an example of _____ reasoning.

Which of the following terms best captures the meaning of the term heuristic, as cognitive psychologists use it?

The _____ is a rule we apply when we judge people by the degree to which they depict a certain category or group of people.

According to the _____ heuristic we assume that events we remember easily are likely to have occurred more frequently in the past—and are more likely to occur in the future—than events that are harder to remember.

When you go to the supermarket, you see the brand of cookies you usually buy, and settle for it. Usually it's a good rule of thumb, because it saves a lot of time. You do not ponder over every type of cookie available in the store. This is an example of a(n) _____.

In _____ problems, the nature of the problem and the information needed to solve it are clear; in _____ problems, either or both the nature of the problem and the information required to solve it are unclear.

In problems of _____, a person must identify the existing relationships among the elements presented and then construct a new relationship among them.

_____ involves repeated tests for differences between the desired outcome and what currently exists.

The study of insight is associated with the German psychologist _____; he studied problem solving among _____.

_____ refers to the tendency for old patterns of problem solving to persist.

The ability to generate original ideas or develop novel solutions to problems is known as:

Traditional intelligence tests tend to assess _____ thinking; tests of creativity tap into _____.

Linguists have identified more than _____ different phonemes among all the world's languages.

What is meant by the notion of a critical period for language acquisition?

The nativist approach to language acquisition is associated with: