Thought
Problem Solving
Language
Baby's first words
Memory
100
a personal view on how an event will be played out (based on experience)
What is a script?
100
the tendency to approach new problems with strategies that may have worked in the past
What is a mental set?
100
the smallest basic unit of sound in speech
What is a phoneme?
100
"bababababagagagaga"
What is babbling?
100
clues or hints that trigger a memory
What is a retrieval cue?
200
a cognitive process used to reach a decision
What is reasoning?
200
the inability to see an object as being used for anything other than its intended purpose
What is functional fixedness?
200
the smallest unit of meaning in language
What is a morpheme?
200
two-word stage of speech: "want juice"
What is telegraphic speech?
200
vivid memories of a specific (often traumatic) event
What are flashbulb memories?
300
a systematic procedure used to attain a correct solution to a problem
What is an algorithm?
300
a sudden realization of a solution to a problem
What is insight?
300
the rules associated with the organization of a sentence
What is syntax?
300
misapplication of rules of grammar: "I sitted down"
What is overregularization?
300
memory aids that help organize information for easier retrieval
What are mnemonics?
400
a rule of thumb that relies on the most easily accessible information
What is an availability heuristic?
400
the tendency to accept information that supports our beliefs while ignoring information that counters our beliefs
What is confirmation bias?
400
the rules that establish the meaning of a sentence
What is semantics?
400
Noel Chomsky's explanation of language development
What is the Language Acquisition Device (LAD)?
400
the unconscious forgetting of information
What is repression?
500
thinking about thinking
What is metacognition?
500
rule of thumb that relies on how well a situation matches a prototype
What is representativeness heuristics?
500
mammals credited with having language ability
What are dolphins, bonobos and humans?
500
"a tay ina win"
What is Nellish for "a tree in the wind?"
500
When a person is happy, they tend to retrieve happy memories.
What is mood congruence?
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