Randi loves to cook, but unfortunately she finds herself almost incapable of creating meals by just

A. communication

B. schema

C. point of view

D. framing

The __________ bias describes the effect that occurs when a person’s existing ways of thinking distort his or her logical decisions.

The ability to process information and act accordingly is called __________ intelligence, while the mental ability derived from previous experience is called __________ intelligence.

All politicians are dirty, crooked, and dishonest, right? How many examples of dirty politicians can you come up with? The fact that you might be able to immediately think of a few examples of dirty politicians may lead you to believe that all politicians are, in fact, dishonest. This is an example of the __________ heuristic.

As Rebekah is driving to the hotel where her business convention is being held, she finds that she cannot quite figure out how to get there. The set of __________, which consists of the steps she would need to figure out how to get to her destination, might first have her (1. pull to the side of the road, (2. retrieve her GPS unit from the glove compartment, (3. plug in the unit, (4. type in the address of her destination, and (5. follow the verbal commands until she gets to the hotel.

The __________ state refers to a problem-solving condition in which a person has incomplete or unsatisfactory information.

Research finds that strong central __________ functioning, the set of mental processes that governs goals, strategies, and coordination of the mind’s activities, is related to higher intelligence.

__________ is the cognitive process of organizing information or beliefs into a series of steps to reach conclusions.

Research has demonstrated all but which of the following with regard to people who speak more than one language?

The term book knowledge most resembles __________ intelligence from the theory of Robert Sternberg.

The __________ fallacy is a phenomenon that causes people to believe that additional information increases the probability that a statement is true, even though that probability actually decreased.

Have you ever been distracted while you were speaking and accidentally switched the sounds of two words? For example, a person might mean to say, “I’m going to get a turkey sandwich” and instead say, “I’m going to get a surkey tandwich.” This type of expressive inversion is called a __________.

Going from broad to specific conclusions is called __________, while going from specific examples to broad conclusions is called __________ reasoning.

Regarding the relative influences on intelligence, which combatant in the nature-versus-nurture debate is ultimately the winner?

Recently, Marika had to end an eighteen-month-long relationship with Joshua, a man with whom she was deeply in love. She recognized, however, that they did not want the same things out of life; specifically, Joshua wanted to get married someday, and Marika was not interested in marriage. Though they tried to work out a compromise, it was not going to work out. Even though ending the relationship was painful, Marika was able to understand and manage her own feelings, even to the point of helping Joshua through the break-up with as little pain as possible. Marika is clearly very gifted in the area of __________ intelligence.

Which of the following is one of the eight multiple intelligences proposed by Howard Gardner?

Chiang walks out of the dry cleaners holding his freshly laundered shirts on new hangers. He walks over to his car, only to find that he has locked the keys inside. Because he is suffering from __________, he calls a tow truck and waits for forty-five minutes, causing him to miss an important meeting at work instead of using one of the hangers to maneuver his way into unlocking the car door.

__________ is a rare disorder that occasionally accompanies autism in which a person of below-average intelligence has an extraordinary ability.

Which theorist led the case for the influence of social interactions on cognitive development?

22.In Piaget’s theory, the term __________ refers to concepts or frameworks around which people organize and interpret information.

__________ studies observe different individuals at different ages to track age differences.

Why is it easier for men to make the psychological adjustment to the physical changes of andropause than it is for women to adjust to the physical changes of menopause?

By the time a child reaches the age of around eighteen months, he or she will start rapidly learning new words and associating them with their meanings. In fact, children at this age may learn up to __________ new nouns every day!

Why does exercise help to reduce memory loss and brain decline in older adults?

According to theory, which is supported by research, if children are deprived of the opportunity to learn language in the years before __________, it will be very difficult if not impossible for them to ever master the rules of grammar.

Which part of the brain experiences the greatest growth between the ages of three and six years?

Which of the following is a commonly discussed criticism of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development in children?

As Emily, a sixty-eight-year-old widow, went about her day, she was certain that there was something that she’d forgotten to do. Somewhere around 8:30 at night, she realized that she’d forgotten to go to the bank to buy traveler’s checks for her upcoming trip to Hawaii. This memory failure, which in this case was related to her __________ memory, is something that often declines in the later years.

Xavier is doing a research study investigating the moral decision making of people at various ages. He wants to know if adolescents see right and wrong differently than senior citizens, so he gives his research subjects a moral dilemma and asks them to discuss the various moral issues involved. In developmental psychology, Xavier’s research is exploring age __________.

Despite popular believe that “most” people experience a crisis when they come to their middle adulthood years, recent research has found that only __________% of adults reported experiencing a midlife crisis.

Which of the following is true with regard to the order of development of motor skills?

Kayla was talking to her twelve-month-old daughter, and was talking in a very high-pitched, exaggerated voice. Experts refer to this sort of communication as __________.

Which of the following is an example of a primary sex characteristic?

Which of the following statements is the most accurate with regard to life expectancy?

Charmaine is interested in going to graduate school to gain expertise into the way in which people experience physical, cognitive, and social changes over the course of their lives. The type of program that Charmaine should be applying to is __________ psychology.

__________ is to girls as __________ is to boys.

Which of the following is one of the stages of prenatal development?

The development of the __________ lobes of the cerebrum allows an adolescent to start developing the ability to reason.