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Ch 7 Vocab Flashcards

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Study of mental processes and mental effects including thinking, intelligence, and language

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Cognitive psych

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Look at all possible outcomes then find a solution

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Algorithms

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Rules of thumb that work most of the time; fast, efficient, don’t guarantee a solution

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Heuristics

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Using a prior strategy only

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Fixation

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Fixed on wealth functions

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Functional fixedness

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General> specific

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Deductive reasoning

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Evaluating alternatives and making choices among them

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Decision making

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The two reasoning and decision making

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System 1- automatic; rapid, heuristic, initiative

System 2- controlled; slower, effortless; analytical

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Prefer to avoid losses over acquiring gains

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Less aversion

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Attention only to info that supports over idea

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Confirming bias

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Predict probability based on ease of recall

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Availability heuristic

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Report falsely that we predicted an outcome

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Hindsight bias

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Ignore info about general principles

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Babes value neglect

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Make judgements based on stereotypes

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Representativeness heuristic

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Being alert and mentally present

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Mindfulness

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Receptive to new ways of looking at things

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Open mindedness

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Ability to reasoning and thinking skills

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Intelligence

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Test should measure what it’s suppose to measure

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Validity

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To get the same or similar results everytime

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Reliability

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Uniform procedures for administrative test; collection of norms

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Standardization

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How do you calculate IQ?

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Mental age
———— *100
Chronological age

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The ability to tell time, basic math

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Conceptual

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He ability to follow rules and obey laws

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Social

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Taking care of yourself, get a job

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Practical

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Ability to analyze, judge, contrast

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Analytical intelligence

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Create, design, invent

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Creative intelligence

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A set of rules that specify how language can be combined to produce meaningful messages

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Grammar

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The ability to produce an endless amount of sentences

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Infinite generaltivity

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Smallest units of speech

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Phonemes

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English letters

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Graphemes

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Rules for combining phonemes

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Phonological rules

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Order in which we combine words together

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Syntacts

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The meaning of words in sentences

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Pragmatics

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