Glossary T

Question 1

templates

Answer 1

highly detailed models of patterns we might recognize

Question 2

temporal lobe

Answer 2

auditory processing

Question 3

terminal buttons

Answer 3

knobs at the end of each branch of an axon.

Question 4

thalamus

Answer 4

relays incoming sensory information through groups of neurons that project to the appropriate region in the cortex

Question 5

thematic roles

Answer 5

ways in which items can be used in the context of communication

Question 6

theory

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an organized body of general explanatory principles regarding a phenomenon

Question 7

theory-based view of meaning

Answer 7

holds that people understand and categorize concepts in terms of implicit theories, or general ideas they have regarding those concepts

Question 8

theory of multiple intelligences

Answer 8

belief that intelligence comprises multiple independent constructs, not just one unitary construct

Question 9

TMS

Answer 9

transcranial magnetic stimulation

electrical current -> magnetic field -> disrupts normal activity of brain

Question 10

transfer

Answer 10

carryover of knowledge about one problem to another

Question 11

transformational grammar

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involves the study of transformational rules that guide the ways in which underlying propositions can be rearranged to form various phrase structures

Question 12

transparency

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occurs when people see analogies where they do not exist because of similarity of content

Question 13

triarchic theory of human intelligence

Answer 13

belief that intelli-gence comprises three aspects, dealing with the relation of intelligence (1) to the internal world of the person, (2) to experience, and (3) to the external world