A predisposition to behave in a particular way is called a/an ____________________?

A. Attitude
B. Prototype
C. Stereotype
D. Orienting reflex

When an infant learns to call his father “daddy” and then calls all men “daddy”, this is an example of ____________________?

A. Overgeneralization
B. Over-discrimination
C. Under-generalization
D. Telegraphic speech

The ability of young children to use two-word sentences is referred to as __________________?

A. Babbling
B. Morpheme induction
C. Telegraphic speech
D. Aphasia

Research suggests that humans can most easily master the grammar of a second language during __________________?

A. Childhood
B. Adolescence
C. Early adulthood
D. Late adulthood

Which of the following terms refers to a person’s accumulated knowledge and verbal skills?

A. Fluid intelligence
B. Concrete operational intelligence
C. Crystallized intelligence
D. Formal operational intelligence

The fact that we can think without language is best illustrated in research on ___________________?

A. Mental imagery
B. Functional fixedness
C. The framing effect
D. Algorithms

The most common way of studying human cognitive processing is to evaluate ____________________?

A. Semantic shifts
B. Eeg readings
C. Reaction time
D. Rehearsal time

Which psychological specialty is most directly concerned with the systematic study of problem solving, decision making and concept formation?

A. Developmental psychology
B. Social psychology
C. Clinical psychology
D. Cognitive psychology

In general, people attach concepts and attributes to items and events. This knowledge is used to categorize and understand new stimuli and is best known as a person’s ___________________?

A. Algorithm
B. Heuristic
C. Schema
D. Mental set

When we use the word “tree” to refer to a category of plants, we are using this word as a/an __________________?

A. Prototype
B. Heuristic
C. Concept
D. Algorithm