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Ch. 7 - Cognition Flashcards

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Cognition

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The process whereby we acquire and use knowledge

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Three Building Blocks of Thought

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Language
Images
Concepts

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Phonemes

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The basic sounds that make up any language

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Morphemes

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The smallest meaningful units of speech, such as simple words, prefixes, and suffixes

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Surface Structure

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Words and phrases

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Deep Structure

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Underlying meaning

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Images

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Allow us to use concrete forms to represent complex and abstract ideas

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Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

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(Whorf)

Idea that patterns of thinking are determined by the specific language one speaks

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Linguistic Determinism

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The belief that thought and experience are determined by language

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The Distinguishing Features of Language

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Meaningfulness
Productivity
Displacement

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The Mirror Test

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Test used by Gallup in researching wether animals have a sense of self

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Problem Representation

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The first step in solving a problem; it involves interpreting or defining the problem

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Divergent Thinking

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Thinking that meets the criteria of originality, inventiveness, and flexibility

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Convergent Thinking

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Thinking that is directed toward one correct solution to a problem

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Algorithm

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A step-by-step method of problem solving that guarantees a correct solution

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Hill Climbing

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A heuristic, problem-solving strategy in which each step moves you progressively closer to the final goal

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Means-End Analysis

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A heuristic strategy that aims to reduce the discrepancy between the current situation and the desired goal at a number of intermediate points

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Mental Set

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The tendency to perceive and to approach problems in certain ways

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Functional Fixedness

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The tendency to perceive only a limited number of uses for an object

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Compensatory Model

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A rational decision-making model in which choices are systematically evaluated on various criteria

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Representativeness

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A heuristic by which a new situation is judged on the basis of its resemblance to a stereotypical model

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Availability

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A heuristic by which a judgement or decision is based on information that is most easily retrieved from memory

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Counterfactual Thinking

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Thinking about alternative realities and things that never happened

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Multitasking

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The prefrontal cortex allows us to switch between tasks with relative ease

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Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

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(Sternberg)
Analytical
Creative
Practical

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Theory of Multiple Intelligences

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(Gardner)

Many intelligences relatively independent of the others

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Theory of Emotional Intelligence

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(Goleman)
Refers to how effectively people understand their own emotions and emotions of others, and can manage their emotional behavior

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WAIS-IV

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Most commonly used individual test of Intelligence for adults

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Reliability

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Consistency of scores that a test yields

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Validity

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Ability of a test to measure what it has been designed to measure

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Content Validity

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Having an adequate sample of test questions that measure the skills or knowledge they are supposed to measure

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Criticism of IQ tests

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Does not take into account cultural variations

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Intelligence

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The abilities involved in learning and adaptive behavior

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The Flynn Effect

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The phenomenon of population-wide increases in Intelligence

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Torrance Test of Creative Thinking

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Involves explaining what is happening in a picture, how the scene came about, and what its consequences are likely to be

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