Memory
Part of the brain responsible for memorizing motor skills.
What is cerebellum?
A unit of sound in speech that does not have any inherent meaning.
What is a phoneme?
The tendency to search for evidence that confirms preexisting beliefs
What is confirmation bias?
A feeling of familiarity when something previously experienced is encountered
What is recognition?
Smallest unit of language that has meaning
What is a Morpheme?
The way a question is worded can affect what the person chooses
What is framing?
Retrieval of information from the past
What is recall?
Stage of language development where babbling/cooing occur.
What is first stage of language development
Limits a person to use an object only in a way it is traditionally used
What is functional fixedness?
Loss of memory to events that occurred or information learned before an injury
What is retrograde amnesia?
Stage of language development where telegraphic language is developed (multiword)
What is third stage of language development?
An approach to problem solving that employs a practical method that is sufficient for reaching an immediate goal (mental shortcut)
What is a heuristic?
This theory states that humans start losing the memory of learned knowledge over time, unless the learned knowledge is consciously reviewed
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Period in a child's maturation process where they are sensitive to certain environmental stimuli
What is critical period?
A mental shortcut that helps us make a decision by comparing information to our mental prototypes
What is representativeness heuristic?