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Thinking and Language in Psychology
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The foundation of chronometric analysis is the idea that:

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True languages are . . . . . . . . because they can be used to generate new possibilities.

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. . . . . . . . thinking is aimed at solving problems and creating something new.

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"A motor cycle must have two wheels and an engine and handle bars" is an example of . . . . . . . .

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Choose the typical stages of creative thinking in their correct order.
(i) Incubation
(ii) Preparation
(iii) Orientation
(iv) Illumination
(v) Verification

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Which of the following mental activities is involved in thinking?

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. . . . . . . . is a special type of deductive thinking which involves drawing conclusions from certain known facts.

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Prosodic cues in speech:

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Going from general principles to specific situations is . . . . . . . .

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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I (Psychological state) List-II (Mental process involved)
A. Perception 1. Stimulus awareness
B. Thinking 2. Stimulus generalization
C. Concept Formation 3. Symbolic manipulation of past stimulation
D. Illusion 4. Stimulus misrepresentation

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A language must provide . . . . . . . . that can stand for objects and ideas.

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. . . . . . . . is a kind of problem solving in which we are presented with several alternatives among which we must choose.

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The third, and perhaps most essential, characterisic of language is that it is . . . . . . . .

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Linguistic relativity hypothesis is proposed by:

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An expanded level of awareness that allows us to observe oursleves in the problemsolving process is known as:

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A technique that produces a graphic record of brain wave pattern is:

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Psychologists have tried to describe . . . . . . . . In terms of steps or stages.

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Linguists have found it useful to describe a sentence by the organization of its various phrases, such a description is called the . . . . . . . . of the sentence.

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Morpheme is the:

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The elapsed time between presentation of stimulus and response to it is called:

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