Thinking Flashcards
(26 cards)
Defenition of cognition
mental activities associated with knowing, thinking, remembering, and communicating information
Defenition of concepts
Mental groupings of similar objects ideas or people
Why do we create concepts
Make prototypes, simplify thinking, and generalize information
Strategies to facilitate thinking
Trial and error, algorithms, guarantee an outcome, heuristics, insight
what are heuristics
simpler and more flexible ways of thinking.
How are algorithms and heuristics different
algorithms have to be followed step by step while heuristics are more of ways to think of something
What happens when we get an insight
Frontol lobe activates folllowed by the right temporal lobe
Examples of errors in judgements
confirmation bias, mental set, intuition, available heuristics, overconfidence, framing, belief perserverance
What kind of thinking can animals do
tool usage, sorting, and cognitive thinking
When does babbling start and end
starts around 4 months and ends around 10 months
when do babies start to say words
12 months. They can say one word at a time
When is the two word stage
24 months. Children can put together two word phrases
Sentence explosion
2+ years. Children talk all the time
When is the critical learning period
7 years
Traits of more creative people
more aptitudes/motivation, independant, intense interest in a problem, need for stimulating interaction, preferance for complexity
How much of IQ is genetic
50% genetic
What is aphasia
Language impairment due to brain damage
types of aphasia
Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, and Arcuate fasciculus(Conduction)
Broca’s area
Loss of the produciton of language
Wernicke’s area
Loss of meaning of words. No longer a consistancy in words. Also called fluid aphasia
arcuate fascilulus
loss of both meaning and production of language
Definition of intelligence
mental capacity to acquire knowledge, reason, and solve problems effectivly
How do you find someones IQ
Mental age/chronological age multiplied by 100
What is a problem with finding IQ
does not change much with chronological age
