Introduction to Psych Exam 2 – Flashcards

Marvin tries to describe a sailboat as an average of all sailboats in terms of length, width, height of mast, materials, color, etc. This is called a(n) ____.

Marvin shares as many details as he can remember about the small sailboat he had as a child. This is called a(n) ____.

Katie loved baking brownies with her grandmother during her holiday visits. In fact, she still makes these brownies using the exact same steps as her grandmother. What is this called?

Dolores, a college freshman, has moved to a big city for the first time in her life. She is excited by the opportunity to explore the city, but is also anxious about what she read recently about street crime in one of the city's neighborhoods. In reality, she is more at risk of harm from reckless drivers. What heuristic is she applying is this situation?

Max, an attorney, is attending a hearing at the federal courthouse. He opens the courthouse door for a young woman with a tattoo on her forearm. When Max enters the room of the hearing, he is stunned to see that the assigned judge is the same woman. Max had applied the ____.

Betty has been a saver all of her life, but recently, she became a gambler. She is considering betting all of her savings in a lottery in hopes of making enough money for an around-the-world cruise. Betty may have suffered damage to her ____.

Which of the following can be either a phoneme or a morpheme?

Of the following, who has a speech pattern comparable to that of a person with Wernicke's aphasia?

In which of the following ways does a typical child first learn language?

Selena's parents arrange for her to take part in an intelligence test for preschool admissions. Her individual intelligence is measured to be 125 relative to a statistically normal curve with an average of 100. This is her ____.

Eddie has been a homicide detective in a small city for several years and he is good at his job. He is often called on by other detectives to help with difficult cases. Which of the following reflects his fluid intelligence?

​The primary intention of an IQ test is to predict ____.

​A measure of an individual's overall intelligence as opposed to specific abilities is called ____ intelligence.

The ability to think logically using specific learned knowledge is called ____ intelligence.

​Which group is most likely to use visual images in their thought processes?