Vocab
Thinking
Problem Solving
Language
Random
100
Changing and reorganizing the information stored in memory to create new information.
What is thinking
100
A label for a class of objects or events that have at least one attribute in common
What is concept
100
A habitual strategy or pattern of problem solving.
What is mental set
100
The expression of ideas through symbols and sounds that are arranged according to rules
What is language
100
kind of thinking depends on symbols, concepts and rules
What is convergent thinking
200
An abstract unit of thought that represents and object of quality; anything that stands for or represents something else.
What is symbol
200
A statement of relation between concepts
What is rule
200
A rule-of-thumb problem-solving strategy.
What is heuristic
200
The study of meaning in language.
What is semantics
200
type of thinking that is usually rich in imagery and daydreaming
What is nondirected thinking
300
A visual, mental representation of an event or object
What is image
300
A representative example of a concept.
What is prototype
300
A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
What is Algorithim
300
The smallest unit of meaning in a given language.
What is Morpheme
300
claimed the term linguistic relativity to refer to the idea that language influences thoughts.
What is Benjamin Whorf
400
The ability to overcome rigidity, to remain open to alternate strategies.
What is flexibility
400
The awareness of thinking about one’s own cognitive processes.
What is metacognition
400
The inability to imagine new uses for familiar objects.
What is functional fixedness
400
Language rules that govern how words can be combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences
What is syntax
400
claims that each of us in born with brain structures called LAD that make it relatively easy to learn rules of language.
What is Noam Chomsky
500
The capacity to use information and/or abilities in new and original ways
What is creativity
500
The apparent sudden realization of the solution to a problem.
What is insight
500
Rearranging the elements of a problem to arrive at an original solution.
What is recombination
500
An individual sound that is a basic structural element of language.
What is phoneme
500
What are 3 different kinds of thinking ?
What is direct thinking, convergent thinking and non-direct thinking.
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