Thinking
the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
Cognition
our spoken, written, or gestured works and the way we combine them to communicate meaning
Language
I study concept formation, problem solving, decision making, judgement formation.. who am I?
Cognitive Psychologist
Computer_____ networks are computer circuits that mimic the brain's interconnected cells
Neural
A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem.
Algorithm
A mental image or best example of a category
Prototype
In a spoken language, the smallest distinctive sound unit.
Phoneme
For example: 'Re'assemble 're' = ___________
Morpheme
My 20 month old niece reaches her arms in the air and says "up" when she wants to be held. She is in this stage of language.
One-Word Stage
the way an issue is posed
Framing
An inability to see a problem from a new perspective
fixation
in language, the smallest unit that carries meaning
Morpheme
Ding, ding, ding, a flashbulb came on in my head. I had a sudden realization, I had a sudden _______.
Insight
Which 'Heurtistic' is this an example of:
I just watched the Final Destination and now I think every roller coaster and airplane will crash.
Availability Heuristic
designing and programming computer systems to do intelligent things and to simulate human thought processes (intuitive reasoning, learning, and understanding language)
Artificial Intelligence
estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory
availability heuristic
the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
Syntax
My 9 year old nephew used a trashcan lid as a snow sled. I couldn't think to do this because I only see the lid as belonging on the trashcan. This is because of my __________________ mindset.
Functional Fixedness
Which 'Heuristic' is this an example of:
I recently got my heartbroken, so now I think all men are trash.
Availability Heuristic
Beginning at 3 to 4 months, the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language.
Babbling Stage
the tendancy to think about things only in the terms of their usual function
Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think
Linguistic Determination
Max from my history thesis class got a 0 on his senior thesis paper because he ONLY researched his paper from his side of the argument.
Max suffered from _________
Confirmation Bias
The first group to WRITE a grammatically correct sentence using THREE vocabulary terms in context will get the points.
Answers Vary*
a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently
Heuristic