Which of the following is not one of Robert Sternberg's components of creativity? a. A venturesome personality. b. Imaginative thinking skills. c. A creative environment. d. Incubation. e. Intrinsic motivation.

According to Noam Chomsky, language acquisition occurs most especially because of a. exposure to language in early childhood. b. instruction in grammar. c. reinforcement for babbling and other early verbal behaviors. d. imitation and drill. e. linguistic determinism.

Benjamin Lee Whorf's linguistic determinism hypothesis relates to what aspect of the power of language? a. How thinking determines language b. How language determines thinking c. The role of the language acquisition device d. The importance of critical periods in language development e. The development of language m nonhuman animals.

Which concept best explains why people often underestimate the amount of time it will take to complete a project? a. Belief perseverance. b. Framing. c. Intuition. d. The availability heuristic. e. Overconfidence.

Which of the following demonstrates the representative-ness heuristic? a. Deciding that a new kid m school is a nerd because he looks like a nerd. b. Fearing air travel because of memories of seeing plane crashes in the news. c. Checking in every drawer to find some matches because matches are usually in drawers. d. Having the solution to a word problem pop into your head because you have just successfully solved a similar problem. e. Applying for jobs in several local grocery stores because your best friend just got a job in a grocery store.

People are more concerned about a medical procedure when told it has a 10 percent death rate than they are when told it has a 90 percent survival rate. Which psychological concept explains this difference in concern? a. Belief perseverance b. Insight c. Intuition d. Framing e. Confirmation bias

Which of the following is an example of an implicit memory? a. What time you had lunch yesterday. b. The details of an assignment that is due tomorrow. c. Vividly recalling significant events, such us the death of a famous person. d. The names of all U.S. state capitals. e. Recognizing names and pictures of your classmates many years after they have graduated.

You are more likely to remember happy memories when you are presently happy than when you are sad due to a. mood congruence. b. context effects. c. state-dependency. d. proactive interference. e. retroactive interference.

Which of the following illustrates the serial position effect? a. The only name Kensie remembers from the people she met at the party is Spencer, because she thought he was particularly good looking b. Kimia has trouble remembering information from the book 's first unit when she reviews for semester finals. c. It's easy for Brittney to remember that carbon's atomic number is 6 because her birthday is on December 6. d. Kyle was not able to remember the names of all of his new co-workers after one week on the job, but he could remember them after two weeks. e. Alp is unable to remember the middle of a list of vocabulary words as well as he remembers the first or last words on the list.

Which phrase best describes the concept of phonemes? a. Units of meaning in a language. b. A form of syntax. c. The basis of grammar. d. Units of sound in a language. e. A form of telegraphic speech.

Which of the following is an accurate conclusion based on Hermann Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve research? a. Most forgetting occurs early on and then levels off. b. We forget more rapidly as time passes. c. Forgetting is relatively constant over time. d. Forgetting is related to many factors, but time is not one of them. e. We are more likely to forget items in the middle of a list than at the beginning or the end.

By waiting until the last minute to study for an exam, you are using an unrecommended strategy called a. imagery. b. semantic memory. c. distributed practice. d. chunking. e. massed practice.

Carl damaged his cerebellum in a car accident. As a result, he would have the most trouble remembering a. his new physician's name. b. the time of his next doctor appointment. c. how to ride his therapy bike. d. his new license plate number. e. the things his wife has asked him to get at the grocery store.

Which of the following is one of Robert Sternberg's types of intelligence? a. Naturalistic intelligence. b. General intelligence. c. Practical intelligence. d. Savant intelligence. e. Kinesthetic intelligence.