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8406870899Noah ChomskyDeveloped the theory of inborn universal grammar. -Children learn the language they are exposed to -We are predetermined to learn language0
8406904070Benjamin Lee WhorfAn American linguist who developed the principle of linguistic relativity, which held that thought is influenced by the structure of language.1
8406953263ConceptA mental grouping of similar things, events, and people, that is used to remember and understand what things are.2
8406974783PrototypeThe best example or cognitive representation of something within a certain catagory.3
8407021437AlgorithmA set of instructions for solving a problem or completing a process.4
8407051441HeuristicA shortcut used to solve a problem, efficient, but prone to error. Ex. means-ends analysis, working backward, difference reduction, analogies5
8407191263InsightWhen a solution to a problem comes to you in an all-of-the-sudden manner6
8407202412Confirmation BiasThe tendency to search for information and facts that confirm pre-existing beliefs.7
8407241691FixationThe inability to adopt any different or new perspectives on a problem.8
8407289422Mental SetThe tendency to approach a situation in a certain way because it worked before.9
8407312291Functional FixednessA cognitive bias that limits a person to using an item only in the way it is traditonally used.10
8407335794OverconfidenceA well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgements is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgements.11
8407356142Framing/Wording EffectIn which people react to a particular choice in different ways depending on how it is presented12
8407388177PhonemeA basic unit of sound13
8407401237MorphemeA basic unit of meaning; some are bound14
8407417942GrammarRules and convention15
8407423691SemanticsAn overall set of rules and conventions for conveying meaning16
8407439919SyntaxHow sentences and phrases are formed.17
8407451587Stages of Language Development1. Crying and cooing 2. Babbling 3. One-Word Stage (about one year) 4. Two-Word Stage (about 2 years)18
8407469605AphasiaImpaired use of language19
8407478185Broca's AreaFrontal lobe; usually left side; directs muscle movement in speech20
8407488601Wernicke's AreaUsually in the left temporal lobe21
8407493861Angular GyrusTransforms visual representation into auditory form22
8407502092Linguistic DeterminsimThe idea that language and its structures limit and determine human knowledge or thought, as well as thought processes such as categorization, memory, and perception.23

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