Test 3 Flashcards
1
Q
Certainty effect
A
People prefer the option that is certain rather than one that has a chance of failure. Prefer sure gains and avoid uncertainty.
2
Q
Status quo bias
A
Tendency to do nothing under uncertainty. (organ donation opt-in or opt-out)
3
Q
4 areas of psycholinguistics
A
Comprehension, speech production, representation, acquisition
4
Q
Representation
A
Mental constructs; how ideas are grouped
5
Q
Acquisition
A
How people learn language
6
Q
Inductive Reasoning
A
from the observation to the conclusion (specific to general)
7
Q
Deductive Reasoning
A
from the rule to the specific case (general to specific)
