Basics of Language
Basic unit of spoken language (ex.sounds a,k,th)
What is Phoneme?
Area of the brain responsible for speech production
What is Broca's Area?
Going beyond the information given so that you can reach a goal/decision/belief
What is thinking?
Difficulty communicating; caused by damage to speech areas of the brain
What is Aphasia?
The solution to the problem
Discipline that examines how the brain processes language
What is Neurolinguistics?
Network of neurons in the brain's motor cortex that is activated when you watch someone perform a task
What is the Mirror System?
We use our own body and motor actions to express our abstract thoughts and knowledge during problem solving
What is Embodied Cognition?
Trouble producing speech
What is Broca's Aphasia?
Exhaustive search for the answer that will eventually produce the correct answer
What is Algorithm?
Basic unit of meaning
What is morpheme?
Hemisphere of the brain responsible for emotional tone, humor, "abstract" language task
What is the Right Hemisphere?
Visual representation in our minds
What is Visual Images?
Initially seems impossible but an alternative approach suddenly bursts into consciousness
What is Insight Problems?
General problem-solving strategy that usually produces a correct solution but not always
What is Heuristic?
Study of how people use language to communicate ideas
What is Psycholinguistics?
Area in the brain responsible for understanding language
What is Wernicke's Area?
The use of helpful information in our immediate environments to create spatial representations of the problem. (Stresses ecological validity and hands on practice solving problems)
What is Situated Cognition?
Refers to a set of problems that have the same underlying structures and solutions but different specific details.
What is Problem Isomorphs?
Consistently choosing the alternative approach that leads you the most directly to your goal
What is Hill-Climbing Heuristic?
Mental representation of a category
What is a concept?
The word that represents the idea that each hemisphere of the brain has somewhat different functions
What is Lateralization
Hemisphere of the brain responsible for speech perception and reading comprehension
What is the left hemisphere?
Trouble understanding speech
Identifying the single, best response to a problem.
What is Convergent Production?