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Chapter 10
Unit 4
Term | Definition |
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Symbol | Sensation that initates thought process |
Concept | Scema of like info in brain |
Image | Actual thought that pops into your head |
Prototype | Most common image pulled from a concept |
Rule | Behavior commonly linked to thought |
Convergent | focus info to one single thought |
Divergent | More than 1 solution |
Metacognition | Thinking about thinking |
Algorithm | Strategies that use systematic approach |
Heuristic | Use of logic/common sense |
Availability Heuristic | First logical response; gut instinct |
Confirmation Bias | Response based upon previous success or anticipated response |
Representativeness | Next best thing; next closest thing to confirmation response |
Fixation/mental set | to be obsessed |
Functional fixedness | brains inability to perceive an object in an unusual way |
Overconfidence | problem solving difficulty due to ego |
Framing | How question is worded |
Belief perseverance | Confronted with info that goes against what you believe and still don't believe it |
Representaion | take cognitive problem and make it physical |
Flexibility | Brains ability to perceive an object in an unusal way to overcome functional fixedness |
Recombination | trial and error |
Sub-goals | to do in steps |
Incubation/insight | subconcious problem solving |
Reflexive | Make noises unattentionally |
crying | When in distress; automatic |
cooing | not related to stress |
babbling | by choice, don't stop, within 1st year |
phonemes | smallest parts of speech; no meaning |
Morphemes | Smallest parts of speech with meaning |
Holophrasic/one word | around 1 year |
Syntax | Apply rules of grammer; age 3 |
Overgeneralization | Applying rules of grammer wrong |
Semantics | Comprehension of grammer |
Linguistic relativity Hypothesis | Sometimes word choice leads to certain behavior |