Cognition, Consciousness, and Language (Ch. 4)

Question 1

How our brains process and react to the incredible information overload presented to us by the world

Answer 1

Cognition

Question 2

States that both verbal association and visual images are used to process and store information

Answer 2

Dual-coding theory

Question 3

The development of one’s ability to think and solve problems across the life span

Answer 3

Cognitive Development

Question 4

States that the brain encodes, stores, and retrieves info much like a computer

Answer 4

Information Processing Model

Question 5

Paiget’s 4 Stages

Answer 5

Question 6

Process of classifying new info into existing schemata

Answer 6

Assimilation

Question 7

Process by which existing chemata are modified to encompass this new information

Answer 7

Accomidation

Question 8

Fluid vs Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 8

Fluid - problem solving

Crystallized - leanred skills and knowledge

Question 9

Prominent psychologist proposed that the engine driving cognotive development is the child’s internalization of his or her culture, including interpersonal and societal rules, symbols, and language

Answer 9

Lev Vygotsky

Question 10

Defined as the inability to consider how to use an object in a nontraditional manner

Answer 10

Functional Fixedness

Question 11

Set of general rules and draws conclusions from the information given

Answer 11

Deductive (top-down) reasoning

Question 12

Create a theory via generalizations

Answer 12

Inductive (bottom-up) reasoning

Question 13

Principles used to make decisions; are colloquially called rule of thumb

Answer 13

Heuristics

Question 14

Using prototypical or sterotypical factors while ignoring actual numerical info

Answer 14

Base rate fallacy

Question 15

Gardner’s Theory of multiple intelligences

Answer 15

linguistic, logical-mathmatical, musical, visual-spacial, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal