Glossary S II

Question 1

structuralism

Answer 1

seeks to understand the structure of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing them into their constituent components

Question 2

structure-of-intellect (SOI)

Answer 2

Guilford’s model for a three-dimensional structure of intelligence, embracing various contents, operations and products of intelligence

Question 3

subjective probability

Answer 3

calculation based on individual’s estimate of likelihood

Question 4

subjective utility

Answer 4

calculation based on individual’s calculation of utility

Question 5

surface structure

Answer 5

a level of syntactic analysis that involves the specific syntactical sequence of words in a sentence

Question 6

syllogisms

Answer 6

deductive arguments that involve drawing conclusions from two premises

Question 7

symbolic representation

Answer 7

meaning that the relationship btw the word and what it represents is arbitrary

Question 8

syntax

Answer 8

referes to the way users of a particular language put together words to form sentences

Question 9

synthesis

Answer 9

putting together elements to arrange them into something useful