semester 1 final

Question 1

language

Answer 1

spoken/written/gestured/works and the way we combine to communicate meaning

Question 2

phome

Answer 2

alphabet or vowel

Question 3

morpheme

Answer 3

meaning(s)

Question 4

semantic

Answer 4

set of rules by which we gain meaning from words in a given language
-study of MEANING

Question 5

syntax

Answer 5

combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language

Question 6

babbling stage

Answer 6

3-4 months old; baby baby

Question 7

one-word stage

Answer 7

plus or minus 2 years old, single words

Question 8

two-word stage

Answer 8

about age 2

Question 9

telegraphic

Answer 9

baby saying something like “go car” which can refer to the baby wanting to go in the car

Question 10

selectivity

Answer 10

the process by which some aspects of the world are viewed as important while others are virtually neglected

Question 11

sapir-whorf hypothesis (linguistic determism)

Answer 11

argues a language a person uses determines their perception of that person

Question 12

fluid intelligence

Answer 12

speedy problem solving

Question 13

crystalized intelligence

Answer 13

wisdom

Question 14

factor analysis

Answer 14

general intellegance
-if you are good in one class you are probably good at many classes

Question 15

analytical

Answer 15

book smart

Question 16

creative

Answer 16

singer/performer/comedian

Question 17

practical

Answer 17

common sense

Question 18

validity

Answer 18

if it is valued it is testing

Question 19

face validity

Answer 19

does that test look like it test what it is supposed to

Question 20

content validity

Answer 20

it’s the parts of the test that represent knowledge

Question 21

criterion validity

Answer 21

behavior that test is designed to predict

Question 22

predictive validity

Answer 22

test predicts behavior

Question 23

reliability

Answer 23

test shows the same result over and over
needs to be standardized

Question 24

objective test

Answer 24

one set answer

Question 25

subjective test

Answer 25

open to interpretation

Question 26

aptitude

Answer 26

measure/potential

Question 27

achievement

Answer 27

what you have learned

Question 28

iq score

Answer 28

measure only at limited range of human mental abilities

Question 29

linguistic

Answer 29

word smart

Question 30

logical

Answer 30

number/reading

Question 31

spital

Answer 31

picture

Question 32

protype

Answer 32

mental image

Question 33

cognitive maps

Answer 33

mental representation

Question 34

schema

Answer 34

general framework that provides expectations about tobits events people and more

Question 35

script

Answer 35

schema about sequence of events and actions predicted to occur

Question 36

alogrithims

Answer 36

guareneed answer may take long time

Question 37

heurisics

Answer 37

simple shortcut not guarenteed answer

Question 38

anchoring

Answer 38

estime the probabiloty of event not by starting from scratch

Question 39

avalibility herustic

Answer 39

judging likelyhood of event

Question 40

representation

Answer 40

people decide whatever an example belongs in a certain class on the basis of how similar it is to other objects

Question 41

mental set

Answer 41

tendencdy to respond to do a new problem in the manner used for previous problems

Question 42

function fixedness

Answer 42

inability to percive a new for an object associated with a different purpose

Question 43

creativity

Answer 43

overcoming functional fizedness

Question 44

mean-ends analysis

Answer 44

trail and error

Question 45

using analysis

Answer 45

similarities between problems you are facing and others have encountered

Question 46

hindsight bias

Answer 46

second guess

Question 47

confirmation bias

Answer 47

the tendency for people to favor things that confirm perception

Question 48

IQ

Answer 48

Benew identical twins have the most similar iq

Question 49

natural

Answer 49

rainbow because it happen in the sky

Question 50

social learning theory

Answer 50

observational study

Question 51

generlization

Answer 51

saying bless you to someone sneezing

Question 52

little albert

Answer 52

unethical learn to fear

Question 53

extinction

Answer 53

goes away after time