Unit 6B AP Psy Masters

	changing and reorganizing the information stored in memory to create new information
	thinking about thinking
	thinking or thought
	a mental image or best example of a category
	mental pictures; powerful aid to effortful processing
	a methodical, logical approach to problem solving guarantees a solution, but slower
	a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems quickly
	judging a situation based on how well it seems to represent, or match, the prototype; may lead one to ignore other relevent information
	tendency to judge events as more likely to occur when info pertaining to them comes readily to mind
	tendency to search for information that supports one's preconceptions
	aka rigidity; a habitual strategy or pattern of problem solving
	the inability to imagine new functions for familiar objects
	tendency to be more confident than correct; to overestimate the accuracy of one's beliefs
	set of sounds, combination of sounds, and symbols that are used for communication
	in a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
	in language, the smallest unit that carries meaning
	rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences
	in language, study of meanings of words
	loss of speech due to injury or illness
	language area, if there is a lision you have trouble producing speech, but can understand it
	language area, if there is a lision you have trouble understanding or comprehending speech
	2nd stage of language acquisition; 12 months of age, child speaks one-word sentences
	natural unconscious process of language development instruction, but needs exposure
	1st stage of language acquisition; 4 months of age, infants spontaneously utter various sounds
	3rd stage of language acquisition; 18 months, child omits nonessential words; No book, movie!
	cognitive linguists; believed that humans are biologically "preprogrammed" to acquire language
	chomsky; hypothesized mental structure that enables humans to learn language, includes grammar, vocabulary, and intonation
	chomsky; humans have inborn, native, ability to develop language
	believed the language we use can control or limit the way we think
	aka linguistic determinism; Whorf; suggests that language determines thought, which is untrue; language just influences thought
	a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
	the way an issue is presented; can significantly affect decisions and judgments
	in problem solving, process of narrowing down choices to arrive at a single answer
	in problem solving, the process of widening the range of possibilities for solutions
	first experiments on memory; memorization of meaningless words; forgetting curve
	researcher who studied insight learning in chimps
	research on memory construction, misinformation effect; doubts about the accuracy of eye-witness testimony
	STM, magic number 7+ or - 2, overcome by chunking