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Vocabulary
Vocabulary II
Vocabulary III
Vocabulary IV
Potpouri
100
Changing and organizing the information stored in memory to create new information
What is Thinking
100
A statement of relation between concepts
What is Rule
100
The inability to imagine new functions for familiar objects
What is functional fixedness
100
An individual sound that is a basic structural element of langauge
What is Phoneme
100
Speaking in which the child leaves out articles such as "the"
What is telegraphic speech
200
A visual, mental representation of an object or event
What is Image
200
The awareness of one's own cognitive processes
What is metacognition
200
The capacity to use information and/or abilities in new and original ways
What is creativity
200
The smallest unit of meaning in a given language
What is Morpheme
200
A systematic and logical attempt to reach a specific goal or answer
What is Directed or Convergent Thinking
300
An abstract unit of thought that represents an object or quality
What is Symbol
300
A step by step procedure for solving problems
What is algorithm
300
The ability to overcome rigidity
What is Flexibility
300
Language rules that govern how words can be combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences
What is Syntex
300
The free Flow of thoughts with no particular plan that depends on images
What is Non-directed or Divergent Thinking
400
A label for a class of objects or events that have at least one attribute in common
What is a concept
400
A rule of thumb problem solving strategy
What is Heuristic
400
The apparent sudden realization of the solution to a problem
What is Insight
400
The study of the meaning in language
What is Semantics
400
Created the Idea of transformational grammer
Who is Noam Chomsky
500
A representative example of a concept
What is prototype
500
A habitual strategy or pattern of problem solving
What is mental set
500
The expression of ideas through symbols and sounds that are arranged according to rules
What is Language
500
The brain structures that make it relatively easy to learn the rules of language
What is Language-acquisition device
500
The idea that language influences thought
What is Linguistic Relativity