AP psych chapter 10 extra vocab

305767262	Inductive reasoning	takes specific information; makes a general conclusion out of that information Ex see a cat so therefore all cats have whiskers, fur, paw
305767263	deductive reasoning	starts with a general statement usually known to be true; makes inference on general statement Ex has tail, fur, claws, must be a cat
305767264	convergent thinking	unique solution to a problem, usually based on previously learned information
305767265	divergent thinking	more than one solution to a problem; "thinking outside the box"
305767266	schema	is a cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information.
305767267	assimilation	interpreting new experiences based on ones: existing schema, current understanding, prior learning, top down processing
305767268	accommodation	adopting ones current schema to incorporate new information
305767269	surface structure	refers to the mental representation of a linguistic expression, derived from deep structure by transformational rules.
305767270	deep structure	The essential meaning of a sentence, without regard to the grammatical features (surface structure) of the sentence that are needed to express it in words. See also surface structure.
305767271	Holophrastic speech	single word used to express a broader idea
305767272	language acquisition device	is a postulated "organ" of the brain that is supposed to function as a congenital device for learning symbolic language (i.e., language acquisition). First proposed by Noam Chomsky,
305767273	critical period hypothesis	is the subject of a long-standing debate in linguistics and language acquisition over the extent to which the ability to acquire language is biologically linked to age.