Chapter 9 Flashcards
cognition
all mental activities associated with thinking
concept
a mental grouping of similar things
prototype
a mental image of a category
algorithm
methodical, logical rule or procedure
heuristic
simple thinking stagy with quick decisions
insight
“ah ha”
confirmation bias
search for evidence that confirms previous beliefs
mental set
tendency to approach a problem in a particular way
intuition
automatic feeling or thought
availability heuristic
estimating likelihood of events based on availability in memory
overconfidence
tendency to be more confident than correct
belief perseverance
clinging to an initial belief even after it has been discredited
faming
the way in issue is posed
creativity
ability to think of new and valuable ideas
convergent thinking
narrowing available problem solutions
divergent thinking
expanding number of problem solutions
babbling stage
infant stage where they utter various sounds
one-word stage
age 1-2, speaks in single words
two-word stage
age 2, speaks mostly in two words
telegraphic speech
speaking in mostly nouns and verbs. “go car”
aphasia
impairment of language usually caused by damage to broca or wernicke’s area
broca’s area
controls language expression
wernicke’s area
language reception
linguistic determinism
language determines the way we think
