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Question 31

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Which of the following is NOT a part of the current definition of intellectual disability?

A) significant limitations in intellectual functioning
B) symptoms that become apparent before 18 years of age
C) deficits in one's adaptive behaviors
D) demonstrated chromosomal abnormalities
E) an IQ that is assessed below 70 to 75

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Question 32

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Which of the following is true of prototypes?

A) They are slowly accessed and recalled.
B) They are never used when the critical features approach applies.
C) They are formed on the basis of commonly experienced features.
D) The more often they are perceived, the weaker their overall memory strength.
E) They are often based on dictionary definitions.

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Question 33

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Which one of the following is NOT an artificial concept?

Rob is preparing Chicken Baskini for Patty when he realizes that the chicken is supposed to be pounded out. So, he goes to the store to buy a cooking mallet. Rob never thought of using his rolling pin to flatten the chicken because of

When you give someone verbal directions on how to find a classroom in a building, you are using a

Which problem-solving strategy did the Wright brothers use to solve the challenge of powered human flight?

Which of the mental abilities noted by Gardner could be thought of as relating to emotional intelligence?

Which is the most likely prototype for the concept of "vehicle"?

A person who is a fine guitar player would be said to have a(n) ________ for playing the guitar.

When she meets her blind date for the evening, Marcella immediate gets a negative vibe from him. There is nothing obviously wrong-he is neatly dressed and well-groomed, polite, and reasonably attractive. There is just something that gives Marcella a bad feeling. She makes sure to end the date relatively quickly, and does not go out with him again. Daniel Kahneman would call this quick, intuitive type of thinking

The concept of the confirmation bias specifically assumes that we are most likely to believe

Velcro, the hook and loop fastener, was developed after its inventor observed garden burrs sticking to the fur coat of the family dog. This demonstrates the application of ________ in a variety of settings and contexts.

Mauricio is aware of stereotypes that others hold about Latino individuals. He feels that others expect him to be less intelligent than his peers of other races and that they anticipate that he will have less academic success. As a result, Mauricio tends to perform far below his actual ability. Psychologist Claude Steele referred to this as

Which of the following people would most likely have savant syndrome?

Critics claimed that Jensen minimized or ignored the impact of all of the following in terms of racial differences EXCEPT for

The first thing that comes to mind when asked to name an example from a category is called the

A hypothetical construct cannot be

Don tells Ray he wants to get a new sports car. Ray immediately understands why, because he is familiar with the common characteristics of sports cars and knows what makes them different from family cars. Ray is using mental categories called

Ed and Carol have a daughter named Bonnie who has just received a score of 155 on her IQ test. According to the text, Ed and Carol should

Before enrolling in an abnormal psychology course, Gary's idea of psychological disorders had been influenced primarily by talk shows. He expected to hear the same kinds of stories he had heard on talk shows. What an eye-opening experience the course turned out to be! How would a cognitive psychologist describe the influence the course had on Gary's idea of psychological disorders?