Psy. Chapter 7

Question 1

Cognition

Answer 1

How we encode,storage, retrieve, and use information.

Question 2

Imagery

Answer 2

Using all your senses to create a visual in your mind.

Question 3

Prototype Imagery

Answer 3

A generic example of something in your mind

Question 4

Exemplars Imagery

Answer 4

A specific example of a concept in your personal life.

Question 5

Strategies for decision making

Answer 5

additive strategy, elimination strategies, availability heuristic, representative heuristic, recognition heuristic,framing, intuition, and anchoring.

Question 6

Heuristic

Answer 6

Speed up our decision making.

Question 7

Problem solving

Answer 7

Thoughts and action used to solve a problem. Analogy, working backwards, means-end analysis, algorithms, and formulas.

Question 8

Algorithm

Answer 8

Grantees an outcome, different from a heuristic because a heuristic does not give you a guaranteed answer

Question 9

2 obstacles for problem solving

Answer 9

Functional Fixedness and Mental set

Question 10

Functional Fixedness

Answer 10

Refusing to use familiar objects in a new way.

Question 11

Mental Set

Answer 11

Using the same strategy over and over again even if there is a better way.

Question 12

Language

Answer 12

How we communicate our thoughts and feelings.

Question 13

Phoneme

Answer 13

The smallest unit of sound

Question 14

Morphine

Answer 14

The smallest unit of meaning

Question 15

Syntax

Answer 15

The order of words in a sentence or paragraph. Her’s coming to see me.
grammar

Question 16

Semantic

Answer 16

The meaning of words Ex. The leaves are falling. I am going to leave at 5.

Question 17

Pragmatics

Answer 17

Intonation of your voice going up and down. Following social rules.

Question 18

Bilingualism

Answer 18

Speaking 2 languages. The younger you are the easier you will learn the language.

Question 19

Gardener’s Multiple Intelligences

Answer 19

They are not measured by a standardized test

Question 20

Aptitude Test

Answer 20

What your skills are and what you need to know in order to do a job.

Question 21

Intelligence Test

Answer 21

How your brain problem solves in degree of difficultly

Question 22

Achievement Test

Answer 22

What you know

Question 23

Intellectual Disability

Answer 23

When someone scores a 70 or below on a intelligence test.