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QUIZ
1. What is not true of concepts?
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a. They are ways of organizing thoughts. b. They tend to be very abstract things. c. They help to see relationships between different things. d. They involve the use of prototypes.
Answer: b. Concepts do not need to be abstract and can be something very specific, such as a concept involving the different categories of dogs or birds.
2. In organizing thinking, what is the largest category things can be put into as part of cognition?
a. Prototype b. Concept c. Schema d. Observation
Answer: c. Schemata are the broadest category of thought. It is a way of organizing concepts in order to make quick judgments about something that has been observed.
3. What least describes emotional intelligence?
a. The ability to understand the themes in a storybook b. The ability to recognize social cues c. The ability to have empathy toward others d. The ability to recognize one’s own emotions
Answer: a. Emotional intelligence involves both intrapersonal and interpersonal intelligence; it involves each of these things except the ability to understand themes in a storybook.
4. What type of thinking or intelligence involved in creativity?
a. Interpersonal thinking b. Analytical thinking c. Convergent thinking d. Divergent thinking
Answer: d. Creativity strongly depends on divergent thinking, which is also referred to as the ability to think outside the box.
5. When do babies first learn about language?
a. Prenatal period b. 1 to 3 months c. 4 to 8 months d. 9 to 12 months
Answer: a. Babies actually learn language prenatally because they will prefer the sound of their mother s voice and her language at the time of birth.
6. When does a child say his or her first words?
a. Six months b. Twelve months c. Eighteen months d. Two years
Answer: b. A child s first words are usually spoken at about twelve months of age, although they won t put words together until nearly two years of age.
7. What type of problem-solving pitfall is associated with the inability to see something as useful for something other than what it was intended for?
a. Representative bias b. Confirmation bias c. Functional fixedness d. Anchoring bias
Answer: c. Functional fixedness is the inability to see something as being useful for anything other than what it was intended for.
8. What type of problem-solving pitfall involves focusing on just one aspect of the problem rather than on multiple solutions or aspects?
a. Representative bias b. Confirmation bias c. Hindsight bias d. Anchoring bias
Answer: d. An anchoring bias involves focusing on just one aspect of a problem instead of looking at the totality of the problem and its solutions.
9. Which learning disability affects the ability to write legibly?
a. Dyslexia b. Dyscalculia c. Dysgraphia d. Language processing disorder
Answer: c. Individuals with dysgraphia have normal intelligence but an inability to write legibly.
10. Which learning disability affects the ability to understand or form speech easily?
a. Dyslexia b. Dyscalculia c. Dysgraphia d. Language processing disorder
Answer: d. The person who has language processing disorder has difficulty with the understanding and production of normal speech. This usually involves hearing or saying spoken words coherently.
