Terms
Terms
Miscellaneous
Terms
Terms
100
Smallest unit of sound.
What is phoneme
100
The smallest unit of meaning
What is morpheme
100
T/F: Creativity is the combination of flexibility, recombination, and original use of information.
What is true
100
When the elements of a problem are familiar but the required solution is not, it may be achieved by _____.
What is recombination
100
A(n) ______ is a representative example of a concept.
What is prototype
200
Abstract unit of though
What is symbol
200
Rules for combining words into prases and sentences.
What is syntax
200
The "aha" experience, or suddenly realizing the solution to a problem.
What is insight
200
A(n) _______ is a fixed set of procedures that, if followed correctly, will lead to a solution.
What is algorithm
200
The most primitive unit of thought is a(n) ______.
What is image
300
Systematic attempt to solve a problem
What is directed thinking
300
Rule-of-thumb problem-solving strategy
What is heuristic
300
T/F: Heuristic is a type of thinking.
What is false
300
Imagery, fellings, and daydreams are typical of _____.
What is nondirected thinking
300
______ believes that children possess an innate capacity for language.
What is Noam Chomsky
400
Representative example of a concept
What is prototype
400
Inability to imagine new uses for familiar objects.
What is functional fixedness
400
A label used to represent a class of objects or events.
What is concept
400
The first sentences a child utters usually follow a pattern called _____.
What is telegraphic speech
400
A(n) _____ is a complex unit of thought that states the relation between concepts.
What is rule
500
Awareness of or thinking bout one's own cognitive process.
What is metacognition
500
Ability to overcome rigidity
What is flexibility
500
Changing and reorganizing the information stored in memory to create new or transformed information.
What is thinking
500
_______ argued that language affeccts our basic perceptions of the world.
What is Benjamin Whorf
500
Intermediate steps in problem-solving are called ______.
What is subgoals
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