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8355089302Metacognitionthinking about thinking0
8355089303Cognitionall the mental activities associated with thinking knowing remembering and communicating1
8355095039Conceptsa mental grouping of similar objects events ideas or people2
8355095040Defintionssome Concepts fit into a group because of their definition3
8355095041Hierarchiesbreaking things down from broad to specific subordinate basic subordinate4
8355101009Prototypesa mental image or best example of a category5
8355101010Schemasand organize metal framework about a particular topic event object idea setting or group of people6
8355108095Trial and errorjust trying any method to solve an answer7
8355108096means-end analysisbreaking a problem into sub goals in order to reach the ultimate goal8
8355114719Algorithma logical step by step procedure that if I filed correctly will eventually solve a specific problem9
8355114720Heuristica general rule of thumb or shortcut that is used to reduce the number of possible solutions to a problem10
8355120333insight11
8355120334fixationheading a preoccupation with something not being able to stop thinking of it12
8355126308Mental setthe tendency to continue using belief systems and problem-solving strategies that have worked in the past even though it may not be working now13
8355134248Functional Fixednessthe tendency to think of an object as functioning only in its usual way or customary way as a result individuals often do not see unusual or Innovative uses of familiar objects14
8355134249Availiability heuristiclikelihood of an event based on the readily available person experiences or new reports15
8355142349Representative Heuristicthe likelihood of an event based on how well it matches a typical example16
8355142350Anchoring Effectthe tendency to be influenced by a reference point17
8355146534Framingposing a question or word in a phrase in such a way to persuade someone thoughts18
8355146535Biasheading pre-existing positions or events people Ect.19
8355146536Confirmation Biasa preference of information that confirms pre-existing positions or beliefs while ignoring or discounted contradictory evidence20
8355174130Belief Peserverenceholding onto a belief even after it's been discredited21
8355174131Hindsight BiasAlso known as the new it all day long affect the inclination to see events that have already occurred as being more predictable than they were before they took place22
8355179042Overconfiedence biasthe tendency to be more confident than correct23
8355185646Exaggerated Fearthe being overly fearful of something to the point of a phobia availability heuristic plays a part in this24
8355185647Brainstormcoming up with new ideas25
8355185648Creativitythe ability to think about a problem or idea in a new and unusual way come up with unconventional solutions to problems26
8355192225Divergent Thinkinga type of thinking and which problem solvers devise a number of possible alternative approaches to a problem in multiple Solutions it involves taking risks27
8355201190Convergent Thinkingusing algorithms to solve problems there's only one answer doesn't seem to see things from various prospects28
8355201191Inductive Reasoningreasoning from specific to the general29
8355210183Deductive Reasoningreasoning from the general to the specific30
8355217108Languagethe way we communicate meaning to ourselves and others31
8355217109Phonemesthe smallest distinctive unit of sound in a language32
8355223034Morphemesthe smallest units of meaning in a language33
8355223035Grammarthe system of rules in a language that enables us to communicate with and understand others34
8355223036Semanticsset of rules by which we derive meaning from the morphemes words and sentences35
8355234690Overregularizationoccurs when children apply grammatical rule to widely and therefore create incorrect forms36
8355234691syntaxthe rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences37
8355240262Receptive LAnguagethe ability to understand language wernick's area in the brain allows you to understand language38
8355246010Productive LAnguagethe ability to produce language Broca's area in the brain allows you to speak39
8355246011BabblingUniversal noises made by babies around the age of 4 months this is not the household language this is that is revealed at 10 months40
8355256001Holophrase1 word phrases around the age of one year41
8355256002Telegraphic Speechtwo word phrases baby make around 24 months to years42
8355268381Critical Periodif children are not exposed to language before a certain age they will be unable to acquire language43
8355268382Universal Grammarall human languages had the same grammatical building block such as nouns verbs subjects and objects44
8355276788Language Aquisition Deviceand they and they speech and they speech in and they speech and Navy45
8355281138Surface Structurejust learning ABCs just the letters and layout of words like shallow processing46
8355288300Deep Structurecombining words to make meetings like deep processing47
8355292933Linguistic Determinism48
8355292934B.F. Skinner49
8355298394Noam Chomsky50
8355298395Benjamin Whorf51
8355303317Sultan52
8355303318KoKo53
8355314432Washoe54
8355315808Kanzi55

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