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Language Structure
Decision Making
Language Aquisition
Problem Solving
Cognitive Styles
100
The smallest unit of meaning in a language
Morpheme
100
Basing estimated probability of an event on the ease with which relevant instances come to mind.
availability heuristic
100
The theory that children learning language through reinforcement and imitation
Behaviourist Theories
100
This term means a guiding principle used in solving problems
a Heuristic
100
"The mind is to the brain as the program is to the ______"
Hardware
200
The rules of language
Syntax
200
Basing the estimated probability of an event on how similar it is to the typical prototype of that event
Representativeness heuristic
200
The innate mechanism or process that facilitates the learning of language
Language Acquisition Device
200
This involves trying possible solutions and discarding those that are in error
Trial and Error
300
Smallest units of speech in a language
Phonemes
300
The tendency to seek information that supports one's decisions and beliefs while ignoring dis-confirming information
Confirmation Bias
300
The combination of Nativist and Behavoural Theories
Interactionist Theories
300
This theory states that there are two kinds of people with varying comfort in certainty.
The Theory of Uncertainty Orientation
300
A series of steps in a process where each step must be completed in order before moving on to the next.
Serial Processing
400
The area of language concerned with understanding the meaning of words and word combination
Semantics
400
The odds of a chance event increase if the event hasn't occurred recently
Gambler's Fallacy
400
When a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a wider set of objects or actions than it is meant to.
Overextension
400
A group often used to help in problem solving research
Chimpanzees
400
A fine set of well defined instructions for accomplishing a task.
Algorithm
500
The ability to reflect on the use of language
Metalinguistic awareness
500
This occurs when people estimate that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone.
Conjunction Fallacy
500
This theory states that language develops because we are social animals.
Social Communication Theory
500
The tendency to perceive an item in terms of its most common use
Functional Fixedness
500
Comparing an item to the most typical item(s) of that concept
Prototype Model