Mod 35-36 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Algorithm
Step by step procedure that guarantees solving a problem
Heuristic
Thinking strategy that often allows you to solve problems efficiently.
Insight
A sudden realization of a problems solution
Confirmation Bias
To search for information that supports our perception and ignore the contradictions evidence
Fixation
The inability to see a problem from a new prespective
Mental state
Going into a problem with a mindset that it has worked before
Intuition
Immediate feeling or thought that is contrasted with conscious reasoning
Representativeness heuristic
Probability of events in terms of how well they match prototypes.
Belief perseverance
Clinging to initial concepts after the basis on which they formed has been discredited
Framing
The way an issue is posed
Phoneme
The smallest distinctive sound unit
Morpheme
The smallest unit that carries meaning
Grammar
A system of rules that enable us to communicate and understand it
Noam Chomsky
A famous linguist, argued that language is nature’s gift.
Babbling stage
Beginning around four months, stage of speech where infants utter various sounds.
One word stage
Stage starting between ages 1-2, child speaks mostly in single words.
Two word stage
Beginning at age two, child speaks in two word statements.
Telegraph speech
Early stage in which child speaks like a telegram
Linguists Benjamin
Proposed that language controls the way we think and interpret
Linguistic influence
The idea that language affects thought
