AP Cognition Flashcards

5859274169	Priming	the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory	0
5859274180	Cognition	all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating	1
5859274185	Divergent thinking	expands the number of possible problem solutions (creative thinking that diverges in different directions)	2
5859274186	Algorithm	a methodical, logical rules or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem - contrasts with the usually speeder - but also more error-prone - use of heuristics	3
5859274187	Heuristic	a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently - usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms	4
5859274188	Insight	a sudden realization of a problem's solutions - contrasts with strategy-based solutions	5
5859274189	Confirmation bias	a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence	6
5859274194	Overconfidence	the tendency to be more confident than correct - to overestimate the accuract of our beliefs and judgments	7
5859274195	Belief perseverance	clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited	8
5859274198	Phenome	in a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit	9
5859274199	Morpheme	in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning - may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix)	10
5859274206	Broca's area	controls language expression - an area of the frontal lobe, usually in the left hemisphere, that directs the muscle movements in speech	11
5859274207	Wernicke's area	controls language reception - a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression - usually in the left temporal lobe	12