Natural concepts are mental groupings created naturally through our ________.
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behaviors
experiences
personality
socialization
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B
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Aram is proficient in playing a number of instruments and can easily learn new songs and rhythms. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.
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linguistic
logical-mathematical
musical
spatial
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C
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Knowing what a dinosaur is because you looked through a book with pictures of dinosaurs and watched the film Jurassic Park is an example of a natural concept that was developed through ________ experience.
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direct
indirect
practical
theoretical
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B
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Kai cuts her foot while hiking. She forgot to pack bandages, but she has a tube of superglue and uses that to seal the wound. Kai's ability to invent a solution uses the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence.
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analytic
creative
fluid
practical
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B
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Emily is an adult with a 4th-grade skill level in reading, writing, and math. Her doctor suggests there is no reason she can't find a job and live independently. Which subtype of intellectual disability describes Emily?
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mild
moderate
profound
severe
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A
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The fact that English grammar dictates that most verbs end in-ed to indicate past tense is an example of the ________ component of language.
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grammar
lexicon
syntax
thesaurus
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A
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The following sentence misuses the word accept: "I'll take all the cupcakes accept the one with cream cheese icing." Which part of language involves knowing the proper use of the word accept?
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concept
grammar
lexicon
prototype
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C
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Niaz's car breaks down, and he is convinced that it was a predictable event even though there was no way of knowing it would happen. This exemplifies ________.
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anchoring bias
availability heuristic
hindsight bias
representational bias
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C
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Bernadette has difficulty spelling words correctly while writing and mixes up letters within words and sentences. Which learning disability does she have?
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dysfunction
dysgraphia
dyslexia
dysthymia
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C
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Tasks that require you to compare, contrast, or evaluate are using the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence.
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academic
analytical
creative
practical
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B
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Not all aspects of cognition are ________.
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consciously experienced
essential features of adult consciousness
essential features of human consciousness
exceptionally complex
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A
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Which term refers to the process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words?
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interpretation
language
semantics
syntax
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C
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What should be changed to make the following sentence true "Arthur Jensen theorized that Level I intelligence is responsible for conceptual and analytical abilities while Level II intelligence is responsible for rote memorization."
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The name "Arthur Jensen" should be changed to the name "Howard Gardener."
The placement of the phrases "Level I" and "Level II" should be switched.
The word "conceptual" should be eliminated.
The word "rote" should be changed to with the word "routine."
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B
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Which of the following is not one of the conditions that leads to the impulse to use heuristics?
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an appropriate heuristic comes to mind in the same moment
one is faced with too much information
the decision to be made is important
the time to make the decision is limited
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C
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Which of the following is not one of the four indices of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children?
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perceptual reasoning
processing memory
verbal comprehension
working memory
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B
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Which of the following statements about Charles Spearman is false?
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He believed intelligence consisted of a general factor called g.
He believed intelligence could be measured and compared between individuals.
He divided intelligence into two components: crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence.
He focused on the commonalities among various intellectual abilities and de-emphasized what made each unique.
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C
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Parents of African American students filed a case against the state of California in 1979 because they believed the testing method used to identify students with learning disabilities________.
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did not identify enough African American children in need of special education
disadvantaged their children by placing them in special education classes
resulted in less funding
was culturally unfair as the tests were normed and standardized using White children
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D
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From a psychological perspective, the term cognition means ________.
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determining
processing
thinking
understanding
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C
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A ________ is the smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning.
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letter
morpheme
phoneme
phonic
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B
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A(an) ________ involves approaching a problem in a way that has worked in the past, but it is clearly no longer working.
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anchoring bias
functional fixedness
mental set
trial and error
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C
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Which term describes a communication system that uses systematic rules to organize words to transmit information from one individual to another?
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concept
language
prototype
schemata
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B
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A(an) ________ is a mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts.
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idea
paradigm
prototype
schema
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D
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A(an) ________ schema is also known as a cognitive script.
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artificial
event
mental
role
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B
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Raymond Cattell was a psychologist who ________.
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believed intelligence consisted of one general factor, called g
developed Multiple Intelligences Theory
developed triarchic theory of intelligence
divided intelligence into two components
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D
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Which concept is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it was designed for?
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anchoring bias
functional fixedness
hindsight bias
representative bias
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B
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