Question 1

A toddler's vocabulary grows rapidly between 18-24 months, as children engage in ____________________, or mapping a word onto an underlying concept after only one exposure.

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Question 2

Based on the results from the Featured Study on intuitive decisions versus careful deliberation, if an individual is faced with a complex decision you should encourage the individual to

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A)   use conscious, careful deliberation.
B)   focus on the way the decision is framed.
C)   make an unconscious, intuitive decision.
D)   delay the decision for as long as possible.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

According to dual-process theories of decision-making, when complicated or important decisions need to be made people use

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A)   dumb and dumber strategies.
B)   fast and frugal strategies.
C)   intuitive strategies.
D)   rule-governed strategies.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Based on past experience, Sue decides not to take her two five-year-old grandsons to the movies at the same time. Sue is using which decision-making strategy?

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A)   availability heuristic
B)   representativeness heuristic
C)   conjunction heuristic
D)   gambler's heuristicE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The availability heuristic involves basing the estimated probability of an event on

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A)   how long it has been since the event last occurred.
B)   how similar it is to the prototype of that event.
C)   whether the event occurs in combination with another event.
D)   the ease with which relevant instances of the event come to mind.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Outline the key properties of language, and use these to evaluate the ape-language controversy.

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Language is symbolic, and thus allows us...

Question 7

Research suggests that people tend to ____ how much regret they will experience as a result of a poor decision.

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A)   fail to consider
B)   underestimate
C)   accurately assess
D)   overestimateE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Failure to actively seek out contrary evidence may lead to

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A)   overestimating the improbable.
B)   the conjunction fallacy.
C)   the gambler's fallacy.
D)   the confirmation bias.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Maribel is on a jury, and she is already convinced that the defendant in the case is not guilty. She listens very attentively to everything the defense attorneys have to say, but she tends to pay less attention when the prosecution is presenting evidence. In this instance, Maribel is showing evidence of

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A)   a confirmation bias.
B)   the conjunction fallacy.
C)   the base-rate fallacy.
D)   the overconfidence effect.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Infant vocalizations that consist of repetitive consonant-vowel combinations such as "lalalalalala" are known as ____________________.

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Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic properties of language?

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A)   generative
B)   symbolic
C)   structured
D)   alphabeticalE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

When people are seeking gains, they are ____ to make risky decisions than when they are attempting to cut their losses.

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A)   less likely
B)   more likely
C)   equally likely
D)   less likely if female but more likely if maleE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

Mr. and Mrs. Jones have five daughters. Hoping for a son, they decide to have a sixth child, reasoning that a boy is long overdue. Is their reasoning correct, and why?

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A)   Yes - the greater the number of girls a couple has had, the greater the likelihood that the next will be a boy
B)   Yes - after having so many daughters, a boy is almost a sure thing
C)   No - it is more likely that Mr. and Mrs. Jones will continue to produce girls
D)   No - the probability of a son is unaffected by the sex of the previous childrenE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Kahneman and Tversky (1984)  concluded that people are much more likely to take risks when

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A)   they are not asked to provide rationales for their choices.
B)   seeking to cut their losses.
C)   the issue is framed in terms of probability of success.
D)   the probability of success is equal to the probability of failure.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

Emergentist perspectives on language acquisition argue that the neural circuits supporting language are prewired and that their functions emerge gradually in response to language learning experiences.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Even though he knows only a small percentage of high school athletes go on to professional careers, Charlie believes that he will receive a scholarship to play football in college and then will have a career in the NFL. Charlie is

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A)   not applying base rates to himself.
B)   applying base rates to himself.
C)   not applying the conjunction fallacy.
D)   applying the conjunction fallacy.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Overregularizations occur when children incorrectly use a word to describe a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Compare and contrast the behaviorist, nativist, and interactionist perspectives on language acquisition.

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According to the behavioral approach chi...

Question 19

When faced with having to choose among numerous alternatives, most persons will use

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A)   an elimination by aspects approach.
B)   an additive approach.
C)   a means/end analysis.
D)   a subjective-utility model.E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Framing refers to

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A)   the way in which the alternatives in a decision problem are presented.
B)   structuring decision problems in a manner that will lead to poor decisions.
C)   presenting only part of the information required to make a decision.
D)   presenting information that has no direct bearing on the decision problem at hand.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 16: Language and Thought Part 2

Mr. and Mrs. Jones have five daughters. Hoping for a son, they decide to have a sixth child, reasoning that a boy is long overdue. Is their reasoning correct, and why?

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According to dual-process theories of decision-making, when complicated or important decisions need to be made people use

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Even though he knows only a small percentage of high school athletes go on to professional careers, Charlie believes that he will receive a scholarship to play football in college and then will have a career in the NFL. Charlie is

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Framing refers to

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Based on past experience, Sue decides not to take her two five-year-old grandsons to the movies at the same time. Sue is using which decision-making strategy?

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Emergentist perspectives on language acquisition argue that the neural circuits supporting language are prewired and that their functions emerge gradually in response to language learning experiences.

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A toddler's vocabulary grows rapidly between 18-24 months, as children engage in ____________________, or mapping a word onto an underlying concept after only one exposure.

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Overregularizations occur when children incorrectly use a word to describe a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to.

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Based on the results from the Featured Study on intuitive decisions versus careful deliberation, if an individual is faced with a complex decision you should encourage the individual to

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When faced with having to choose among numerous alternatives, most persons will use

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Research suggests that people tend to ____ how much regret they will experience as a result of a poor decision.

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Failure to actively seek out contrary evidence may lead to

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Compare and contrast the behaviorist, nativist, and interactionist perspectives on language acquisition.

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Infant vocalizations that consist of repetitive consonant-vowel combinations such as "lalalalalala" are known as ____________________.

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Kahneman and Tversky (1984) concluded that people are much more likely to take risks when

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Outline the key properties of language, and use these to evaluate the ape-language controversy.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the basic properties of language?

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The availability heuristic involves basing the estimated probability of an event on

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Mr. and Mrs. Jones have five daughters. Hoping for a son, they decide to have a sixth child, reasoning that a boy is long overdue. Is their reasoning correct, and why?

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Overregularizations occur when children incorrectly use a word to describe a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to.

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Based on the results from the Featured Study on intuitive decisions versus careful deliberation, if an individual is faced with a complex decision you should encourage the individual to

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When faced with having to choose among numerous alternatives, most persons will use

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Research suggests that people tend to ____ how much regret they will experience as a result of a poor decision.

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Compare and contrast the behaviorist, nativist, and interactionist perspectives on language acquisition.

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