Thought and Language Flashcards
child centred talk
talk down to Childs level, happens in independent cultures
self - construal (how you perceive yourself)
different between independent cultures and interdependent cultures
independent cultures self-construal
internal attributes, think of self independent from group, personal goal take priority over group goals
interdependent cultures
social roles most important, think of self as part of group, group goals take priority, relationships crucial (determined by the group)
situation centred talk
child learns to adopt language to adult level, happens in interdependent cultures
symbolic representations
represent content but doesn’t resemble what it stands for e.g toilet symbols
analogical representation -mental images
picture of dog represents concept of dog, also has many similarities to dog
proposition thought
statements that express ideas, made up of concepts using subjects and what is being asserted about that subject (predicate), I love that cat
deductive reasoning
move from general rules to specifics to the situation e.g. all dogs have 4 legs, Fred has 4 legs, Fred is a dog (initial premises need to be correct)
inductive reasoning
start with specifics, infer general principles e.g. you ate two pineapples that were both sours, all pineapples are sour
belief bias
rather than apply logic, let beliefs determine whether conclusion is true or not
conformation bias
ignore information that disprove your beliefs, concentrate of information that prove your beliefs
What influences ability to reason
belief bias and conformation bias, the content of what we are reasoning about (e.g. experience makes it easier)
heuristics
shortcuts that are correct most of the time, help conserve cognitive resources
availability heuristic
aids inductive reasoning, used to judge the frequency of something happening (more available in memory, judged to be more frequent) , probability of something happening depends on how easy it is to retrieve
e.g. hears noise outside, if just watched a nature movie - probably just animals outside, just watched a horror movie - probably killer
saliency bias
using violent images when talking about immigrants, this is much easier to retrieve than data that may oppose violence in immigrants
strategies for problem solving
trial and error, algorithm, heuristics
algorithm problem solving
a rule that guarantees a solution, good for clearly defined problems
heuristic problem solving
doesn’t guarantee a solution, often work and save time, use knowledge from experience
means-end analysis
work step by step to get closer to the goal, monitor each step to see how much closer to the goal you are, series of moves, long pause, series of moves
hill climbing problem solving
one foot in front of the other, change the present state so that you are one step closer, cannot move backwards
creative problem solving
divergent thinking, often think of novel ways to solve the problem
analogy problem solving
think of a way we ave done things in the past, use the same way for present problem, the structure may be the same but content different or vice versa
obstacles to problem solving
mental set, functional fixedness
mental set
habits and assumptions you bring to solving a problem
functional fixedness
thinking of an object as only serving one purpose, that it was made to do
whorfian hypothesis
having a specific language determines (strong version) influences (weak version) how we think
evidence for a weak version of the whorfian hypothesis
colour processing, space and time, culture and thinking style
evidence AGAINST whorfian theory
Eleanor Rosch Dani tribe study
evidence FOR whorfian hypothesis
Russian blues experiment, they have a lot of terms for colours, can differentiate shades of blue much better than less colour terms
ego moving time
you are moving towards time
time moving time
sitting and receiving time
how does space have an effect on time
thinking about spatial motion underlies thinking about the abstract concept of time
spatial metaphors
‘behind’ schedule, ‘ahead’ of yourself, looking ‘forward’ to it