Thinking/Problem solving/Language

Question 1

Concepts

Answer 1

Overarching categories that help us organizing mental info

Question 2

Prototypes

Answer 2

Our best representation of an object (Help us organize and interpret info we receive)

Question 3

Negatives of prototypes

Answer 3

They sometimes block new info and make us focus on preexisting info

Question 4

Creativity

Answer 4

The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

Question 5

Convergent thinking

Answer 5

Narrows available solutions to determine the best solution (multiple choice test)

Question 6

Divergent thinking

Answer 6

Ability to think about many things at once and generate many possible solutions. (creating as many designs out of a few blocks)

Question 7

Algorithm

Answer 7

Follow/consider all options to ensure that you arrive at a solution

Question 8

Heuristics

Answer 8

Mental shortcut to arrive at an answer (make everyone where a mask)

Question 9

Insight

Answer 9

A sudden realization of a problems solution

Question 10

Inductive reasoning

Answer 10

Reasoning from the specific to the general

someone is wearing a mask—– they must be vaccinated

Question 11

Deductive reasoning

Answer 11

Reasoning from the general to the specific

Californians—– all demarcates

Question 12

Intuition

Answer 12

Knowledge without oblivious thought

Question 13

Confirmation bias

Answer 13

Looking for info that goes along with what we think we know

Question 14

Mental set

Answer 14

Inability to think outside the box

Question 15

Framing

Answer 15

Way a problem is posed (more likely to by something that says 90% free then 10% fat)

Question 16

Belife Presevreance

Answer 16

Cling to beliefs even with contradicting evidence

Question 17

Availability heuristics

Answer 17

Something that pops into mind to determent probability of something happening (plane crashes are common)

Question 18

Representative heuristic

Answer 18

A new situation is judged by how well it matches a stereotypical model (Tall=must play basketball)

Question 19

Functional fixedness

Answer 19

Failure to use an object in a unusual way

Question 20

Phonemes

Answer 20

Smallest unit of sound in a word (B-A-T)

Question 21

Morphs

Answer 21

Smallest meaningful unit of speach-As prefixes -dis/ suffixes- ment

Question 22

Grammer

Answer 22

System of rules that determent sounds and how words are combined

Question 23

Syntax

Answer 23

Order of words in sentences that make sense

Question 24

Birth to 4 months

Answer 24

Cooing

Question 25

4 months +

Answer 25

Babbling

Question 26

10 Months

Answer 26

Babbling & phenoms narrow to the lang that is spoken

Question 27

12 months

Answer 27

One word stage

Question 28

Holophase

Answer 28

One word to convey meaning

Question 29

24 months

Answer 29

2 words

Question 30

Overgenrelization

Answer 30

Using grammar rules where they dont apply

Question 31

Noam chomsky thinks

Answer 31

We are genetically programmed to speak

Question 32

Critical period

Answer 32

If children are not exposed to language before adolescences they will be unable to acquire language

Question 33

Brocas aphasia

Answer 33

You struggle to speak words but can remember how to sing words

Question 34

Wenickers aphasia

Answer 34

Speak only meaningless words

Question 35

Linguistic determinism

Answer 35

Language may determinate our thinking patterns, culter, and how we view the world.

Question 36

Events in out environment

Answer 36

Determine the words that become a part of out language