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| 5857101043 | Algorithm | A methodical, step-by-step procedure for trying all possible alternatives in searching for a solution to a problem. | 0 | |
| 5857105481 | Availability heuristic | Basing the estimated probability of an event on the ease with which relevant instances come to mind. | 1 | |
| 5857222360 | Babbling stage | First stage of language acquisition at 4 months; includes spontaneously uttering various sounds. | 2 | |
| 5857174619 | Behaviorist theories | Skinner's theory of language acquisition that proposed that children learn language like they learn everything else, through imitation, reinforcement, and conditioning. | 3 | |
| 5857108644 | Cognition | The mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge. | 4 | |
| 5857111851 | Confirmation bias | The tendency to seek information that supports one's decisions and beliefs while ignoring disconfirming information. | 5 | |
| 5857199273 | Critical period | Crucial time from age 2-4 when children learn language | 6 | |
| 5857115397 | Framing | How issues are posed or how choices are structured. | 7 | |
| 5857119109 | Functional fixedness | The tendency to perceive an item only in terms of its most common use. | 8 | |
| 5857121241 | Heuristic | A strategy, guiding principle, or rule of thumb used in solving problems or making decisions. | 9 | |
| 5857124779 | Insight | In problem solving, the sudden discovery of the correct solution following incorrect attempts based primarily on trial and error. | 10 | |
| 5857127964 | Language | A set of symbols that convey meaning, and rules for combining those symbols, that can be used to generate an infinite variety of messages. | 11 | |
| 5857131622 | Language acquisition device (LAD) | An innate mechanism or process that facilitates the learning of language. | 12 | |
| 5857136990 | Linguistic relativity | The theory that one's language determines the nature of one's thought. | 13 | |
| 5857140046 | Mental set | Persisting in using problem-solving strategies that have worked in the past. | 14 | |
| 5857144378 | Morphemes | The smallest units of meaning in a language. | 15 | |
| 5857183488 | Nativist theory | Chomsky's theory of language acquisition that proposed that humans are equipped with a language acquisition device (LAD) that allows them to learn language. | 16 | |
| 5857215857 | One-word stage | Second stage of language acquisition around ages 1-2; includes speaking single words. | 17 | |
| 5857149242 | Overgeneralization | In children, incorrect generalization of grammatical rules to irregular cases where they do not apply. | 18 | |
| 5857152831 | Phonemes | The smallest units of sound in a spoken language. | 19 | |
| 5857155837 | Representativeness heuristic | Basing the estimated probability of an event on how similar it is to the typical prototype of that event. | 20 | |
| 5857166529 | Semantics | The area of language concerned with understanding the meaning of words and word combinations. | 21 | |
| 5857166530 | Syntax | A system of rules that specify how words can be combined into phrases and sentences. | 22 | |
| 5857168284 | Telegraphic speech | Speech that consists mainly of content words; articles, prepositions, and other less critical words are omitted. | 23 | |
| 5857206460 | Two-word stage | third stage of ;language acquisition around age 2; includes two-word statements and telegraphic speech. | 24 |
