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concept
mental grouping of similar items
TERM 2
prototype
DEFINITION 2
mental image or exampleex: picturing penguins and birds
similarities in mind
TERM 3
algorithm
DEFINITION 3
step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution
TERM 4
heuristic
DEFINITION 4
simple thinking stategies
TERM 5
representative heuristic
DEFINITION 5
making judgments about the probability of an event under
uncertainty.
availability heuristic
mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that
come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific
topic, concept, method or decision.
TERM 7
confirmation bias
DEFINITION 7
tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall
information in a way that confirms one's ideas
TERM 8
over confidence
DEFINITION 8
overestimating accuracy of your knowledge
TERM 9
framing
DEFINITION 9
how you present a problem or question and change answer
TERM 10
belief perseverance
DEFINITION 10
tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall
information in a way that confirms one's beliefs
critical periods
best time to learn second language in child early years,
elementary school
TERM 17
asphasia
DEFINITION 17
impaired ability to understand and produce languageex: can
speak but cant read
TERM 18
brocas area
DEFINITION 18
region in the frontal lobe, can sing a song but can't speak in
complete sentences
TERM 19
wernicke's area
DEFINITION 19
damage to temporal lobe, can still say sentences but are
incomplete sentences and don't make sense
TERM 20
intelligence
DEFINITION 20
ability to learn from experiences, solve problems, and use
knowledge to adapt to situations
general intelligence(spearman's g factor)
Charles Spearman's study on ability to do well in multiple
areas/subjectsex: SAT test used to measure intelligence
TERM 22
separate (multiple) intelligences
DEFINITION 22
different forms of intelligence besides IQ testingex: street
smarts
TERM 23
savants
DEFINITION 23
people with mental disabilities who show profound abilities
not considered normal
TERM 24
IQ test
DEFINITION 24
intelligence test
TERM 25
stanford-binet test
DEFINITION 25
intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet-
Simon to test intelligence of childrenex: mental age-
chronological/ 100=IQ
male gender differences in IQ
testing
better at complex reasoning and complex math problems
TERM 32
nature vs nurture
DEFINITION 32
affect intelligence of twins greatly and other people as well
TERM 33
receptive
language
DEFINITION 33
associating sounds with facial language
TERM 34
productive
language
DEFINITION 34
4 month old baby is multilingual/random sounds and
gestures
