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Metacognition

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thinking about thinking

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Stroop effect

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ex: hard to say “red” if the word is written in blue ink

shows that many of the steps of reading become automatic –dont need to worry about the mechanics

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Nonanalog representation

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don’t have things in common with what they represent

ex: the sound “cow” doesnt have anything to do with an actual cow

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Nonanalog representation

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don’t have things in common with what they represent

ex: the sound “cow” doesnt have anything to do with an actual cow

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Nonanalog representation

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don’t have things in common with what they represent

ex: the sound “cow” doesnt have anything to do with an actual cow

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symbolic representation

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also known as nonanalog representation

representation has nothing in common with what it represents

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Indeterminacy of translation

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inability to ever fully translate the meaning of a word from one language to another

demostrated by the gavagai (quine) problem

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Gavagi (quine) problem

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hunting with natives and they point to a rabbit and yell “gavagi” how do you know the semantic (actual meaning) of the word?

the word could mean many different things

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Representation

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transformation process from physical energy to sensation to perception to high level information which leads to “meanings”

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Language

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the expression and communication of thoughts and feelings by means of vocal sounds or any other symbolic coding system

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Can other species obtain language?

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evidence suggests that only humans can attain language

animals can learn words and rudimentary preposition thought, but cannot create syntactic structures like humans

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How does language differ from communication?

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it is arbitrary
flexible (infinite ways to piece together words)
creativity (novel meanings)
interpersonal (construct language together)

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In development what comes first babies understanding language or communicating it?

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Babies understand language first

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What are the building blocks of language?

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Language consists of a hierarchy of units

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List the building blocks on language in order

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Units of sound
Morphemes
Words
Phrase
Sentence
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Phonenmes

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smallest significant unit of sound in a language

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How many phonenmes does English have?

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40

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Morphemes

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smallest significant unit of meaning in a language

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Content morphemes

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a morpheme that carries the main semantic and referential content of a sentence

ex: nouns, verbs, adjectives, “talk” or “bat”

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Functional morphemes

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a morpheme that while adding content such as time, mode, etc. also has a grammatical purpose

ex: “-ed” or “-s” or “and”

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Rules of syntax

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the regular principles governing how words can be arranged into sentences

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Universal learner

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after 6-8 months babies lose the ability to discriminate between phonemes in other languages besides your own

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Definitional theory of word meaning

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the theory that mental representations of words consist of a necessary and sufficient set of semantic features

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semantic feature

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a basic semantic category or concept that cannot be decomposed into smaller or more specific categories

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prototype theory of word meaning
a theory in which concepts or word meanings are formed around average or typical values
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Symbolic capacity
an important step in development where a person can use or respond to a system of significant symbols the reality of an organization is socially constructed through communication
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perceptual narrowing
we narrow down to only detect details that are important | ex: universal learner dissappears around 12 months
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What do infants rapidly learn in language?
the boundaries between morphemes and words babies are sensitive to the frequencies that follow certain sounds
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What order do children learn language?
learn basic word like "dog" before subordinates like "boxer" or superordinates like "animal"
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What helps children learn language?
other people and an understanding of syntax
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Overregulation errors and what they show
language rules are applied too generally, rather than learning the idiosyncracies shows that we learn language through rules not just straight intimation
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Sign language
has morphenmes and grammatical rules similar to a spoken language
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Whorfian hypothesis
language determines how one thinks can be used to draw our attention to certain concepts
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Abnormal language development examples
Blind children - learn language just as rapidly Bilingual children - pick up both languages during the sensitivity period No exposure to language - if goes past the sensitivity period, it is hard to learn a language
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How can we test infant speech comprehension?
head-turn response to sound will the infant turn their head in anticipation to the sound?
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general intelligence (g)
a mental attribute that is hypothesized as contributing to the performance of virtually any intellectual task
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Hierarchy of intelligence
places g-factor at the top of the hierarchy at the next level, g is split into verbal, numerical, and spatial ability
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g-factor
the overlap between intelligent abilities overlap between verbal, numerical, and spatial ability *according to Spearman
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Fluid intelligence
the ability to deal with new and unusual problems
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Crystallized intelligence
accumulated knowledge and skills
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IQ
IQ scales performance to compare an individual to a bell shaped distribution
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Flynn Effect
a worldwide increase in IQ scores over the last several decades
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Does aging have a bigger affect on fluid or crystallized g?
Fluid g decreased ability to respond to new situations
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Nature versus nurture and intelligence?
Genetics do play an important role in intelligence See much higher levels of correlation in intelligence between biological parents and children than adopted children
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Analytical intelligence
the ability typically measured by intelligence tests and crucial for academic success
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Practical intelligence
the ability to solve everyday problems through skilled reasoning that relies on tacit knowledge
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Emotional intelligence
the ability to understand your own and other's emotions and to control your emotions appropriately
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Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
Gardner theorized that there are 6 forms of intelligence
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Savant syndrome
supports Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences since some people are severely disabled in some intelligences, but might have exceptional musical talent
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Psychometric approach to intelligence
seeks to understand intelligence by scrutinizing patterns among test scores examining how different aspects of the test are correlated and suggest subcategories of intelligence
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Building blocks of intelligence
mental speed and working memory capacity
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Stereotype threat
people conform to stereotypes about their social group ex: women may perform poorly on a math test because of stereotypes that women are bad at math
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Motivation
motivation deals with what drives behavior
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Human sexual response cycle
1) excitement 2) plateau 3) orgasm 4) resolution
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Sexual behavior
is shaped by a mix of biological and cultural factors
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Differences in sexual behavior between men and women
Men tend to place more emphasis on physical attractiveness while women place more emphasis on social/financial status
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Drives
motivate us to reduce unpleasant tension states but there are other types of motives beyond drives!
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Two common motivations beyond drives
1) motive to belong | 2) motive to achieve
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Thermoregulation
homeostatic control determines some behaviors
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What is something that homeostatis heavily controls?
Eating habits mechanisms maintain a set point
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Leptin
hormone that causes an organism to stop eating
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Response to threat
heavily control by biological mechanisms autonomic nervous system's sympathetic branch increases heart rate and respiration kicks in fight or flight system
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Human aggression
aggression is triggered by complex beliefs and symbol systems humans very highly in level of aggression due to personality, cultural setting, and evolutionary determinants
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
people strive for higher order needs only when lower level needs are satisfied highest need: living to full potential lowest need: physiological (shelter, food, sleep)
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Why are there so many signals to control for one thing like "eating'?
Create a backup system in case one system fails
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Difference between emotions and feelings/affects
Emotions are what we express to the outside world
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Feelings
states that are perceived
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Affects
general mood (ex: depression and love lingers)
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6 basic human emotions that are universally expressed
Joy, surprise, disgust, sadness, fear, and anger
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Emotional development
switch from primary to secondary emotions at around 14 months
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Secondary emotions
pride, hubris, self-consciousness are examples
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Regulate our emotions
1) Cognitive reappraisal | 2) Suppression
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Cognitive reappraisal
top-down emotional regulation we rationalize about a situation and calm ourselves down
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How does culture influence our emotions?
it changes our display rules
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Display rules
cultural groups norms about how to properly display emotions
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Different theories for the underlying mechanisms of emotions
1) James-Lange 2) Cannon-Bard 3) Schacter-Signer
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James Lange Theory of emotion
Emotions arise from our bodily reactions ex: if a bear attacks us, first we have a physiological response and then we produce an emotion (arousal and then emotion)
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Cannon-Bard Theory of emotion
Both emotions and bodily reaction are caused by brain activity triggered by a stimulus
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Schacter Signer
emotion arises from the way we interpret our bodily reactions (arousal then interpretation then emotion)
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Emotions and attention
emotions can change our attention joy can broaden our attention negative emotions makes us focus in on things
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Emotions and memory
Strong emotions promote memory ex: flashbulb memory
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Affective neuroscience
a field that uses cognitive neuroscience research methods to study emotion and related processes
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Garden path
ambiguity in sentence construction that leads a reader towards a meaning that seems familiar at first, but in reality is conveying something different

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