If a baby goes, "ma-ma-ma" or "da-da-da" what stage of language are they in?
Babbling
What is the first step in the memory process in which info gets stored?
Encoding
What kind of intelligence do athletes like Lebron James have?
Bodily-Kinesthetic
What problem solving method exhaust as all possibilities before finding a solution?
Algorithms
A memory strategy that involves taking long strings of info and grouping them into smaller, more manageable bits of info.
Chunking
What is the smallest distinct sound unit in a spoken language?
Phonemes
What is the difference between Iconic Memory vs Echoic Memory?
Iconic Memory deals with visual sensory memory and Echoic Memory deals with auditory sensory memory.
The Stanford Binet Scale is most commonly known as the...
I.Q Test
Schema
A lot of people can remember very detailed explanations of the day 9/11. What type of memory would this be considered ?
A Flashbulb Memory
If someone uses a word too narrowly, or uses a word in a boarder context, what are these two early errors in language development called?
Underextension and Overextension
What is the number of units we can hold in short term memory?
George Miller found we can hold roughly 7+-2 units of info in short term
True or False: The IQ score is not always a perfect bell curve
False
The tendency to see only a limited number of use for an object is
Functional Fixedness
Jack is effortlessly rides a bike without years of practice. What type of memory is being demonstrated?
Nondeclarative (Implicit) Memory
What theory did Noam Chomsky develop and what is the definition?
Theory for Universal Grammar: no matter where you are, or what language kids learn grammar around the same age meaning their must be something equipped within the human brain (language is inborn)
At a noisy party, you focus solely on the conversation with your friend, ignoring all other sounds and discussions around you; what is this an example of?
Selective Attention
The bottom 5% of the IQ tests represent what sort of intelligence extreme?
Mental Retardation
Elizabeth broke her phone, she is using different things like rice, heat, etc. until one works, what problem solving method is she using?
Trial and Error
What type of amnesia makes you unable to retrieve past info/events?
Retrograde Amnesia
Sam tells her little brother, Dan, to get the green block instead of the red block. Dan is unsure of what the color green is, but knows the color red. Dan is able to get the right block and give it to Sam. What process of word comprehension is Dan exhibiting?
Fast Mapping
A student maintains focus on reading a textbook for several hours to prepare for an upcoming exam. What kind of attention is the student exhibiting?
Sustained Attention
What is the function for calculating IQ?
Mental Age/Chronological Age
When someone quickly decides not to swim in the ocean after hearing about a recent shark attack they are representing...
The Availability Heuristic
What is the difference between episodic vs semantic memory?
Episodic memories are of specific events, stored as a sequential series.
Semantic memories are general knowledge of the world, stored as facts or categories.