A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people...
What is a Concept?
100
The belief that Rudy is more likely to be a basketball player than a computer programmer because he is 6 feet 6 inches tall and 210 lbs is an example of...
What is The Representativeness Heuristic?
100
Speech that is typical of the two-word stage...
What is Telegraphic?
100
Specializes in rationalizing reactions...
What is the Left Hemisphere?
100
Are governed by the simplest neural pathways...
What are Reflexes?
200
A mental image or best example that incorporates all the features we associate with a category?
What is Prototype?
200
The sudden realization of the solution to a problem...
What is Insight?
200
Children first demonstrate a rudimentary understanding of this during the Two-word stage?
What is Syntax?
200
The brain area containing the auditory cortex...
What are the Temporal Lobes?
200
The gland that regulates body growth...
What is Pituitary Gland?
300
A methodical, logical rule or procedure that, while sometimes slow, guarantees success...
What is an Algorithm?
300
Is based on estimating the probability of certain events in terms of how readily they come to mind...
What is Availability Heuristic?
300
When a person has superb social skills, manages conflict well, and has great empathy for friends and co-workers he or she is said to have this...
What is Emotional Intelligence?
300
Helps control arousal...
What is the Reticular Formation?
300
Having difficulty keeping balance after receiving a blow to the back of the head, is an example of a possible injury to this part of the brain
What is the Cerebellum?
400
A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently which do not guarantee success...
What is a Heuristic?
400
The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's judgments?
What is Overconfidence?
400
Reported racial gaps in average intelligence scores are most likely attributable to...
What are Environmental factors?
400
Regulates breathing and heartbeat...
What is the Medulla?
400
An amplified recording of brain waves...
What is an EEG?
500
An obstacle to problem solving in which people tend to search for information that supports their preconceptions...
What is Confirmation bias?
500
Being unable to see a problem from a different angle?
What is Fixation?
500
Is characterized by the spontaneous utterance of speech sounds and begins around 4 months of age...
What is Babbling?
500
Serves a sensory switchboard...
What is the Thalamus?
500
Technique for revealing bloodflow to show brain function...