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Ch 9 - Language and Thought Flashcards

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agrammatism

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a neurological condition arising from damage to a brain region just anterior to Broca’s area, where the patient is incapable of using words in grammatical sequence.

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availability heuristic

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judging easily-recalled events as more common.

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bounded rationality

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the fact that in many situations, our ability to make clear rational decisions is limited or “bounded” by things like a lack of information, time constraints, or emotions attached to aspects of the problem we are trying to solve.

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Broca’s aphasia

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a neurological condition arising from damage to Broca’s area where the patient is unable to produce coherent speech.

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Broca’s area

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a brain region located in the frontal lobe that is important for speech production.

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child-directed speech

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speech characterized by exaggerated emotional responses and a slower pace that is cross-culturally common among caregivers communicating with babies and young children.

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cognition

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mental processes of thinking and knowing.

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cognitive control

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the ability to direct thought in accord with one’s intentions.

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decision making

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evaluating and choosing from among options.

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dysexecutive syndrome

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impairments in the ability to control and direct mental activities.

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executive function

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the brain’s ability to control and manage the mental processing of information.

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functional fixedness

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tendency to view objects as having only one function.

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heuristic

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a shortcut thinking strategy.

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lexical meaning

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dictionary meaning of a word.

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linguistic relativity hypothesis

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hypothesis suggesting that the vocabulary available for objects or concepts in a language influences how speakers of that language think about them.

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mental imagery

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picturing things in your mind.

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mental set

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tendency to use problem-solving strategies that have worked in the past.

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metacognition

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thinking about one’s own thoughts.

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morpheme

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the smallest units of a language that convey meaning.

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obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

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a mental disorder associated with abnormal anxiety-provoking thoughts that can lead to ritualistic behaviours.

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overregularization

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the process by which elementary school children over-apply newly learned grammatical rules to improperly “correct” an irregular part of speech, such as a verb (e.g., “goed” instead of “went”).

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phoneme

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the smallest unit of sound in a language; an individual sound such as ba, da, or ta

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phonology

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the study of how individual sounds or phonemes are used to produce language.

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pragmatics

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the practical aspects of language usage, including speech pace, gesturing, and body language.

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representativeness heuristic

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the assumption that individuals share characteristics of the category of which they are a member.

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schizophrenia

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a mental disorder characterized by disorganized thoughts, lack of contact with reality, and sometimes auditory hallucinations.

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semantics

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the study of how meaning in language is constructed of individual words and sentences.

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sensitive period

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a point in development during which the brain is more susceptible to influences.

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speech

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the expression of language through sounds.

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syntax

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the system for using words (semantics) and word order to convey meaning (grammar).

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telegraphic speech

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speech that consists of minimalistic sentences; characterizes early toddlerhood and is the first evidence of sentence formation.

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theory of mind

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an awareness of one’s own mental states and the mental states of others.

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Wernicke’s aphasia

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a neurological condition associated with damage to Wernicke’s area where a person cannot understand language.

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Wernicke’s area

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a brain region located in the temporal lobe that is important for language comprehension.

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symbolic

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Sounds/words, and now emojis represent things in our world e.g., bell= class change; sound of “tsk-tsk’ = shame

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Generative

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Symbols can be combined to generate new meanings

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Phonemes

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smallest unit of sound that can be distinguished e.g., “p” sound in “pansy”; “ng” sound in “string”

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Words

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unit of sound with meaning. Can be combined with morphemes to generate new words (un+real)

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Phases/sentences

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rules for arranging words into sentences = syntax

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overextensionerrors

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whereby they apply a word to a wider category than it should be applied to.

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overextension error example

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might use the word ‘doggie’ to apply to all pets

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underextensionerrors

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whereby they apply a word to a narrower category than it should be applied to.

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Underextension error example

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may think the word cat refers only to the family cat, but not a cat outside the house

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telegraphic speech

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whereby children begin to use 2-3 word combinations, using the most necessary words.

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overregulations

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-over-applying grammar rules.For instance, while adding the suffix ‘ed’ to imply past tense is often correct (e.g., I gratedthe cheese), children often apply it incorrectly

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Overregulations example

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“I goedto the zoo” or, “two mans”

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Whorf hypothesis

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argues that language determines our ability to express thought.

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4 Barrier of problem solving

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  1. Irrelevant information
  2. functional fixedness
  3. mental sets
  4. unnecessary constraints
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Irrelevant information

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Focusing on the irrelevant information distracts us from processing the relevant information.

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Functional fixedness

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occurs when we think of an item in terms of its most common use rather than having other functions

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Unnecessary constraints

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we put constraints on a problem that may not necessarily have to be there, and if we remove them, we could resolve the problem.

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6 techniques to get around barriers of problems

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  1. algorithm
  2. sub-goal
  3. work backwards
  4. analogies
  5. changing the representation
  6. incubation effect
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algorithm

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is a step by step procedure for trying all possible alternatives

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Sub-goals

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break down the problem into tasks

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Work backwards

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This is an important tactic forprospective thinking, whereby you have to think ahead in the future to understand what is required of you now.

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Analogies

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transferring information from one source to another

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Incubation effect

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solutions arise after time away from a problem

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humans tend to have what 4 cognitive biases

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  1. availability heuristic
  2. representative heuristic
  3. confirmation bias
  4. framing bias
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availability heuristic

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the more available something is in our mind, the more common we think it is

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representative heuristic

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we think one event is representative of all events- stereotypes

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Confirmation bias

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we seek out information that confirms our beliefs

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Framing Bias

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how choices are structured affects our decision

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