Ch 7 Vocab

Question 1

Study of mental processes and mental effects including thinking, intelligence, and language

Answer 1

Cognitive psych

Question 2

Look at all possible outcomes then find a solution

Answer 2

Algorithms

Question 3

Rules of thumb that work most of the time; fast, efficient, don’t guarantee a solution

Answer 3

Heuristics

Question 4

Using a prior strategy only

Answer 4

Fixation

Question 5

Fixed on wealth functions

Answer 5

Functional fixedness

Question 6

General> specific

Answer 6

Deductive reasoning

Question 7

Evaluating alternatives and making choices among them

Answer 7

Decision making

Question 8

The two reasoning and decision making

Answer 8

System 1- automatic; rapid, heuristic, initiative

System 2- controlled; slower, effortless; analytical

Question 9

Prefer to avoid losses over acquiring gains

Answer 9

Less aversion

Question 10

Attention only to info that supports over idea

Answer 10

Confirming bias

Question 11

Predict probability based on ease of recall

Answer 11

Availability heuristic

Question 12

Report falsely that we predicted an outcome

Answer 12

Hindsight bias

Question 13

Ignore info about general principles

Answer 13

Babes value neglect

Question 14

Make judgements based on stereotypes

Answer 14

Representativeness heuristic

Question 15

Being alert and mentally present

Answer 15

Mindfulness

Question 16

Receptive to new ways of looking at things

Answer 16

Open mindedness

Question 17

Ability to reasoning and thinking skills

Answer 17

Intelligence

Question 18

Test should measure what it’s suppose to measure

Answer 18

Validity

Question 19

To get the same or similar results everytime

Answer 19

Reliability

Question 20

Uniform procedures for administrative test; collection of norms

Answer 20

Standardization

Question 21

How do you calculate IQ?

Answer 21

Mental age
———— *100
Chronological age

Question 22

The ability to tell time, basic math

Answer 22

Conceptual

Question 23

He ability to follow rules and obey laws

Answer 23

Social

Question 24

Taking care of yourself, get a job

Answer 24

Practical

Question 25

Ability to analyze, judge, contrast

Answer 25

Analytical intelligence

Question 26

Create, design, invent

Answer 26

Creative intelligence

Question 27

A set of rules that specify how language can be combined to produce meaningful messages

Answer 27

Grammar

Question 28

The ability to produce an endless amount of sentences

Answer 28

Infinite generaltivity

Question 29

Smallest units of speech

Answer 29

Phonemes

Question 30

English letters

Answer 30

Graphemes

Question 31

Rules for combining phonemes

Answer 31

Phonological rules

Question 32

Order in which we combine words together

Answer 32

Syntacts

Question 33

The meaning of words in sentences

Answer 33

Pragmatics