Ch 7 Vocab Flashcards
Study of mental processes and mental effects including thinking, intelligence, and language
Cognitive psych
Look at all possible outcomes then find a solution
Algorithms
Rules of thumb that work most of the time; fast, efficient, don’t guarantee a solution
Heuristics
Using a prior strategy only
Fixation
Fixed on wealth functions
Functional fixedness
General> specific
Deductive reasoning
Evaluating alternatives and making choices among them
Decision making
The two reasoning and decision making
System 1- automatic; rapid, heuristic, initiative
System 2- controlled; slower, effortless; analytical
Prefer to avoid losses over acquiring gains
Less aversion
Attention only to info that supports over idea
Confirming bias
Predict probability based on ease of recall
Availability heuristic
Report falsely that we predicted an outcome
Hindsight bias
Ignore info about general principles
Babes value neglect
Make judgements based on stereotypes
Representativeness heuristic
Being alert and mentally present
Mindfulness
Receptive to new ways of looking at things
Open mindedness
Ability to reasoning and thinking skills
Intelligence
Test should measure what it’s suppose to measure
Validity
To get the same or similar results everytime
Reliability
Uniform procedures for administrative test; collection of norms
Standardization
How do you calculate IQ?
Mental age
———— *100
Chronological age
The ability to tell time, basic math
Conceptual
He ability to follow rules and obey laws
Social
Taking care of yourself, get a job
Practical
Ability to analyze, judge, contrast
Analytical intelligence
Create, design, invent
Creative intelligence
A set of rules that specify how language can be combined to produce meaningful messages
Grammar
The ability to produce an endless amount of sentences
Infinite generaltivity
Smallest units of speech
Phonemes
English letters
Graphemes
Rules for combining phonemes
Phonological rules
Order in which we combine words together
Syntacts
The meaning of words in sentences
Pragmatics