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| 141517089 | Language Acquisition Device (LAD) | according to Noam Chomsky, an innate mechanism or process in the brain that facilitates the learning of language., A biologically organized mental structure in the brain that facilitates the learning of language because (according to Chomsky) it is innately programmed with some of the fundamental rules of grammar. | |
| 141517090 | Grammar | the rules of a language, specifying how to use words, morphemes, and syntax to produce understandable sentences | |
| 142553659 | Phonemes | smallest units of sound in the human language, like consonants or vowels | |
| 142553660 | Morphemes | smallest meaningful units of speech; simple words, suffixes, prefixes; examples: red, hot, calm, -ed, pre- | |
| 142553661 | Overregularization | applying a grammatical rule too widely and creating incorrect forms | |
| 142553662 | Concepts | a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people based on experience | |
| 142553663 | Natural Concepts | concepts people form as a result of their experiences in the real world | |
| 142553664 | Artificial Concepts | Concepts defined by rules, such as word definition and mathematical formulas. | |
| 142553665 | Concept Hierarchies | levels of concepts, from most general to most specific, in which a more general level includes more specific concepts | |
| 142553666 | Schema | Grouping or cluster of knowledge about an object or sequence of events | |
| 142553667 | Scripts | general descriptions of what occurs and when it occurs in a particular situation | |
| 142553668 | Algorithims | step by step procedures that guarantee a solution | |
| 142553669 | Heuristics | Cognitive strategies or "rules of thumb" used as shortcuts to solve complex mental tasks. | |
| 142553670 | Mental Set | a tendency to approach a problem in a particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past | |
| 142553671 | Functional Fixedness | the tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions and not for any other purpose | |
| 142553672 | Hindsight Bias | the tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it (Hindsight is 20/20) | |
| 142553673 | Anchoring Bias | A faulty heuristic caused by basing (anchoring) an estimate on a completely unrelated quantity. | |
| 142553674 | Representativeness Bias | Faulty heuristic strategy based on the presumption that once or people or events are categorized, they share all the features of other members in that category. | |
| 142553675 | Availability Bias | A faulty heuristic strategy that estimates probabilities based on information that can be recalled form personal experience. | |
| 142553676 | Aptitudes | The natural abilities that people possess | |
| 142553677 | Creativity | the process of solving problems by combining ideas or behavior in new ways |
