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| 305767262 | Inductive reasoning | takes specific information; makes a general conclusion out of that information Ex see a cat so therefore all cats have whiskers, fur, paw | |
| 305767263 | deductive reasoning | starts with a general statement usually known to be true; makes inference on general statement Ex has tail, fur, claws, must be a cat | |
| 305767264 | convergent thinking | unique solution to a problem, usually based on previously learned information | |
| 305767265 | divergent thinking | more than one solution to a problem; "thinking outside the box" | |
| 305767266 | schema | is a cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information. | |
| 305767267 | assimilation | interpreting new experiences based on ones: existing schema, current understanding, prior learning, top down processing | |
| 305767268 | accommodation | adopting ones current schema to incorporate new information | |
| 305767269 | surface structure | refers to the mental representation of a linguistic expression, derived from deep structure by transformational rules. | |
| 305767270 | deep structure | The essential meaning of a sentence, without regard to the grammatical features (surface structure) of the sentence that are needed to express it in words. See also surface structure. | |
| 305767271 | Holophrastic speech | single word used to express a broader idea | |
| 305767272 | language acquisition device | is a postulated "organ" of the brain that is supposed to function as a congenital device for learning symbolic language (i.e., language acquisition). First proposed by Noam Chomsky, | |
| 305767273 | critical period hypothesis | is the subject of a long-standing debate in linguistics and language acquisition over the extent to which the ability to acquire language is biologically linked to age. |
