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After reading a news reports about people losing their jobs, you might start to believe that you are in danger of being laid off. You start lying awake in bed each night worrying that you are about to be fired. This is an example of:
What is the availability heuristic
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After seeing several television programs on shark attacks, you start to think that such incidences are relatively common. When you go on vacation, you refuse to swim in the ocean because you believe the probability of a shark attack is high. This is an example of:
What is the availability heuristic
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Un, friend, ly are three examples of this:
What are morphemes
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Smallest unit of sound
What are phonemes
100
Problem solving technique that guarantees correct answer
What are algorithms
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People will often assume that a random sequence in a lottery is more likely than a arithmetic sequence of numbers. This is an example of:
What is a representative heuristic
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When asked if there are more words that start with the letter k than words that have the third letter as k in the English dictionary, you state there are more letters that start with k. This is an example of:
What is the availability heuristic
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This explains a vocabulary spurt that occurs around 2 when a child talks a lot about new words like cookie, doll, truck
What is fast mapping
200
Using the word ball for everything that is round
What is overextension
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The inability to see a new use for an object.
What is functional fixedness
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A person who thinks his sense of direction is much better than it actually is and goes on a long trip without a gps/map and refuses to ask for directions if he gets lost along the way. This is a example of
What is overconfidence effect
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Sarah loves to listen to New Age music and faithfully reads her horoscope each day. In her spare time, she enjoys aromatherapy and attending a local spirituality group. If you think it is more likely that Sarah is a holistic healer than a teacher than you are using this:
What is a representative heuristic
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These two things help a person learn a language faster
What is youth and acculturation
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Give Doll
What is telegraphic speech
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Tendency to look for evidence that confirms our beliefs and to ignore evidence that contradicts what we think is true
What is confirmation bias
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I need to put up a picture in my classroom but I don't have a hammer. If I don't realize I can use a stapler, my shoe, or a book in place of a hammer than I am experiencing:
What is functional fixedness
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A former neighbor describes Steve as follows: "Steve is very shy and withdrawn, invariably helpful, but with little interested in people, or in the world of reality. A meek and tidy soul, he has a need for order and structure, and a passion for detail." If you think Steve sounds more like a librarian than a salesman than this is an example of:
What is the representative heuristic
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States we learn language through imitation, reinforcement, and observation
Who is Skinner
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The girl goed home
What is overregualization
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involves basing the estimated probablity of an event on how similar it is to the typical prototype of that event--such as tossing a coin and expecting to see a mixture of heads and tails.
What is representative heuristic
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You have a 95% chance of survival or 5 out of 100 chances of dying. This is an example of:
What is framing
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All dolphins are mammals, all mammals have kidneys; therefore all dolphins have kidneys. This is an example of:
What is deductive reasoning
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production of speech
What is Broca's area
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Chomsky thought we are born with this that helps us learn language rapidly
What is Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
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Judging a situation based on examples of similar situations that come to mind initially.
What is availability heuristic