Cognition, Consciousness, and Language Flashcards
1
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Piaget’s stages of cognitive development
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- Sensorimotor
- focuses on manipulating environment to meet physical needs through circular reactions
- object permanence - Preoperational
- symbolic thinking
- egocentrism - Concrete operational
- focuses on understanding feeling of others
- manipulating concrete objects - Formal operational
- abstract thought, problem-solving
2
Q
Problem-solving techniques include…
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Trial and error, algorithms, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning
3
Q
Deductive reasoning
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Deriving conclusions from general rules
4
Q
Inductive reasoning
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Deriving generalizations from evidence)
5
Q
Heruistics
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Simplified principles to make decisions (rule of thumb)
6
Q
Wernicke’s area
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Language comprehension
7
Q
Broca’s area
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Speech production
8
Q
Arcuate fasciculus
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Connects Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas
9
Q
What part of brain is responsible for language comprehension?
A
Wernicke’s area
10
Q
What part of brain is responsible for speech production?
A
Broca’s area
