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| 3801759574 | Concepts | mental grouping of similar objects, events, people that share common features ex. a chair is a concept that's features include legs and a seat | 0 | |
| 3801759575 | Prototype | mental images or best examples that uses all features associated with a concept close matching with prototype = quick recognition | 1 | |
| 3801763694 | Confirmation Bias | we seek evidence that supports our ideas more eagerly than we seek evidence that could prove us wrong | 2 | |
| 3801763695 | Fixation | the inability to see a problem from a fresh perspective | 3 | |
| 3801765219 | Mental Set | predisposes what we think like perceptual set | 4 | |
| 3801765220 | Functional Fixedness | tendency to think of only the familiar functions of objects without alternate uses ex. Person look through entire kitchen for a screwdriver when they could've used a coin | 5 | |
| 3801768621 | Heuristics | type of intuition that leads to quick but sometimes poor decisions | 6 | |
| 3801770571 | Representativeness Heuristics | judging likelihood of things in terms of how well they represent particular prototypes | 7 | |
| 3801770572 | Availability Heuristics | when we base judgment off how mentally available info is or how memorable it is | 8 | |
| 3801772982 | Overconfidence | tendency to overestimate the acuracy of our knowledge and judgments | 9 | |
| 3801772983 | Belief Perserverance | tendency to cling to our beliefs even in the face of contrary evidence this fuels social conflict | 10 | |
| 3801774591 | Intuition | uses experiences to guide our life | 11 | |
| 3801774592 | Framing | the way we present an issue ex. surgeon says 10% death rate or 90% survival rate | 12 | |
| 3801775960 | Phoneme | set of basic sounds ex. CH-A-T | 13 | |
| 3801775961 | Morpheme | smallest unit of language that carries meaning ex. PRE-VIEW | 14 | |
| 3801779446 | Syntax | rules we use to order words into sentences ex. adjectives come before nouns --> White House | 15 | |
| 3801779447 | Semantics | set of rules we use to derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences ex. adding -ed to words make it past tense | 16 | |
| 3801781419 | Course of Human Language Development | babbling one word telegraphic speech | 17 | |
| 3801782428 | Wernicke's Area | damage disrupts understanding | 18 | |
| 3801782429 | Broca's Area | damage disrupts speaking | 19 | |
| 3801783578 | Angular Gyrus | damage disrupts reading | 20 | |
| 3801785721 | Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis | different languages impose different conceptions of reality words influence what we think | 21 | |
| 3801840142 | Cognition | mental activities associated with thinking, knowledge, remembering, communication | 22 | |
| 3801840162 | Cognitive Psychologist | study cognition and logical/illogical ways we create concepts, solve problems, make decisions, and form judgments | 23 | |
| 3801842792 | Algorithms | step by step procedures the guarantee solutions but not always quick ones | 24 | |
| 3801845528 | Aphasia | impaired use of language resulting in damage to any one of several cortical areas | 25 | |
| 3801847323 | Productive Language | ability to produce words | 26 | |
| 3801850803 | Mental Age | level of performace typically associated with a certain chronological age used to determine smarts of special needs/ genius children | 27 | |
| 3801850887 | Reification | viewing an abstract idea as a concrete thing | 28 | |
| 3801845529 | Receptive Language | ability to comprehend speech | 29 | |
| 3801795519 | Intelligence | the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and adapt to new situations | 30 | |
| 3801808560 | Creativity | ability to produce ideas that are novel and valuable | 31 | |
| 3801795520 | G Factor | common skill set where everyone is average general intelligence | 32 | |
| 3801798897 | Emotional Intelligence | know how involved in comprehending social situations and self managements includes: perceiving, understanding, managing, and using emotions | 33 | |
| 3801802497 | Progression of Intelligence Testing | 34 | ||
| 3801803567 | Aptitude Test | predict ability to learn new skills | 35 | |
| 3801803568 | Achievement Test | reflect what you have learned | 36 | |
| 3801815643 | Test Standardization | putting the test on a normal bell curve | 37 | |
| 3801815644 | Flynn Effect | A worldwide increase in IQ scores over the last several decades | 38 | |
| 3801817152 | Reliability | yields dependably consistent scores high correlation between test and retest | 39 | |
| 3801817153 | Validity | Content Validity: Predictive Validity: | 40 | |
| 3801821159 | Criterion | pertinent behaviors | 41 | |
| 3801827489 | High Extreme | Gifted children with a score of +135 different gifts: math, english, science... | 42 | |
| 3801827490 | Low Extreme | Children or adults with a -70 score Mental Retardation, down syndrome have trouble adapting to normal demands of independent living | 43 | |
| 3801831140 | Heritability of Intelligence | variance in intelligence scores attributable to genetic factors 50% shows that genes affect environment | 44 | |
| 3801833543 | Environmental Factors of Intelligence | deprivation of love and attention can lower intellgience among poor, environment trumps genetics with IQ | 45 | |
| 3801834441 | Stereotype Threat | people perform how they feel they are expected to when in threatening environment ex. people of different races tested by whites do worse than when tested by people of the same race | 46 |
