semester 1 final Flashcards
language
spoken/written/gestured/works and the way we combine to communicate meaning
phome
alphabet or vowel
morpheme
meaning(s)
semantic
set of rules by which we gain meaning from words in a given language
-study of MEANING
syntax
combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
babbling stage
3-4 months old; baby baby
one-word stage
plus or minus 2 years old, single words
two-word stage
about age 2
telegraphic
baby saying something like “go car” which can refer to the baby wanting to go in the car
selectivity
the process by which some aspects of the world are viewed as important while others are virtually neglected
sapir-whorf hypothesis (linguistic determism)
argues a language a person uses determines their perception of that person
fluid intelligence
speedy problem solving
crystalized intelligence
wisdom
factor analysis
general intellegance
-if you are good in one class you are probably good at many classes
analytical
book smart
creative
singer/performer/comedian
practical
common sense
validity
if it is valued it is testing
face validity
does that test look like it test what it is supposed to
content validity
it’s the parts of the test that represent knowledge
criterion validity
behavior that test is designed to predict
predictive validity
test predicts behavior
reliability
test shows the same result over and over
needs to be standardized
objective test
one set answer
subjective test
open to interpretation
aptitude
measure/potential
achievement
what you have learned
iq score
measure only at limited range of human mental abilities
linguistic
word smart
logical
number/reading
spital
picture
protype
mental image
cognitive maps
mental representation
schema
general framework that provides expectations about tobits events people and more
script
schema about sequence of events and actions predicted to occur
alogrithims
guareneed answer
may take long time
heurisics
simple shortcut not guarenteed answer
anchoring
estime the probabiloty of event not by starting from scratch
avalibility herustic
judging likelyhood of event
representation
people decide whatever an example belongs in a certain class on the basis of how similar it is to other objects
mental set
tendencdy to respond to do a new problem in the manner used for previous problems
function fixedness
inability to percive a new for an object associated with a different purpose
creativity
overcoming functional fizedness
mean-ends analysis
trail and error
using analysis
similarities between problems you are facing and others have encountered
hindsight bias
second guess
confirmation bias
the tendency for people to favor things that confirm perception
IQ
Benew
identical twins have the most similar iq
natural
rainbow because it happen in the sky
social learning theory
observational study
generlization
saying bless you to someone sneezing
little albert
unethical
learn to fear
extinction
goes away after time
