Psychology Test - Chapter 11

Thinking is the expression of ideas through symbols and sounds.

• True

• False

Daydreams and fantasies are forms of convergent thinking.

• True

• False

Computers use heuristics to solve problems.

• True

• False

When people change the way they talk, they also change the way they think.

• True

• False

B.F. Skinner proposed that children are born with a mental program that enables them to learn grammar.

• True

• False

Deaf children babble using hand signals.

• True

• False

All children are born with the ability to learn any language.

• True

• False

It is estimated that nearly half the world's children grow up speaking two languages.

• True

• False

Which of the following is a basic unit of thought?

• rule

• image

• phoneme

• morpheme

A statement of a relation between concepts is called a(n) ____.

• rule

• image

• symbol

• prototype