1. The text describes a classic research study conducted by Stephen Kosslyn and

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1. The text describes a classic research study conducted by Stephen Kosslyn and colleagues (1978) that involved participants memorizing a fictitious island. The results of the study indicate that: we tend to scan a mental image in the same way that we visually scan a real image. the manipulation of mental images are unrelated to the way that one manipulates images of actual objects. mental images are similar to photographs, rather than memories. visual images are passively constructed. 2. As cognitive psychologists use the term, a concept is a(n): thought. insight. theory. category. 3. When Katrina is asked to identify the letters of the alphabet that do not have curved lines, she tries to mentally picture each letter as she works at the task. Katrina is using: a natural concept. a formal concept. a prototype. mental imagery. 4. A(n) _____ is a problem-solving strategy that involves following a general rule of thumb to reduce the number of possible solutions. algorithm intuition insight heuristic 5. Mitch refuses to dine at a certain restaurant because he recalls reading two or three negative reviews of its service on a popular website. Mitch is falling prey to: mental set. functional fixedness. the confirmation bias. the availability heuristic. 6. The heuristic by which we estimate an event's likelihood of happening by comparing how similar its essential features are to our prototype of the event is called the _____ heuristic. single-feature representativeness availability elimination-by-aspects 7. A person's ability to create an infinite number of new and different phrases and sentences shows the _____ nature of language. generative displacing elimination heuristic 8. According to research on animal communication, which of the following has been found to be FALSE? Some animals can respond to spoken commands. Several species of animals have the capacity for language and the ability to communicate and solve problems. Animals communicate. Only humans have the capacity for language and the ability to communicate and solve problems. 9. With regard to research on animals, it _____ that animals can possess self-awareness or are capable of thinking in the sense that humans "think." has not yet been measured has been shown is impossible to measure has not been shown 10. The measure of intelligence, known as _____, is when an individual's mental level is expressed in terms of the average abilities of a given age group. the intelligent quotient (IQ) mental age chronological age. the g factor 11. _____ was the French psychologist who, along with French psychiatrist Théodore Simon, developed the first widely used intelligence test. Alfred Binet Lewis Terman Charles Spearman David Wechsler 12. Scott is a very bright 10-year-old with a mental age of 13. If tested on the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, his IQ score would MOST likely be: 100. 77. 150. 130. 13. Rhonda has been voted the best defense attorney in her law firm for several years now. Her supervisor attributes her success to her ability to understand other people's emotions, motives, and intentions. Howard Gardner would say that Rhonda is high in _____ intelligence. intrapersonal linguistic interpersonal naturalist 14. The type of intelligence that involves the ability to adapt to the environment, and often reflects what is commonly described as "street smarts," is called ______ intelligence by Sternberg. spatial human creative practical 15. _____ refer(s) to the percentage of variation within a given population that is due to heredity. Intelligence Environment Cues Heritability 1. The text describes a classic research study conducted by Stephen Kosslyn and colleagues (1978) that involved participants memorizing a fictitious island. The results of the study indicate that: we tend to scan a mental image in the same way that we visually scan a real image. the manipulation of mental images are unrelated to the way that one manipulates images of actual objects. mental images are similar to photographs, rather than memories. visual images are passively constructed.

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Mental images are similar to photigraphs than memories Thought Mental imagery Heuristic Functional fixedness Representativeness Displacing Only humans have the capacity for language and the ability to communicate and solve problems Has been shown Intelligence quotient (IQ) Alfred binet 130 Interpersonal intelligence Practical intelligence Heritability

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