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Concept

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Mental grouping of similar thoughts purpose is to get through info quickly

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Proto type

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Mental image in your head picture of a terrorist alcoholic fashion model

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Alogarithm

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There is always a solution that stuff by step how to come to a solution

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Heuristic

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Reduce the possibilities shortcut or your best guess not always right but it’s educated

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Insight

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I didn’t realize of an answer Ah ha moment

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Confirmation bias

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You only see/use the evidence that you were ready believe in

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Belief derserverence

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Please continue even though there is contrary evidence

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Mental set

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Approaching a situation in a way that has worked before

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Functional fixedness

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Something only has one purpose

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Availability heuristic

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Guessing at likelihood based on memory

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Role of overconfidence

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People tend to think they know much more than they really do

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Framing

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Presenting info in a way that is going to be used more or less positively mostly by statistics

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Inductive reasoning

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Very specific info and making a general conclusion

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Deductive reasoning

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General observation come to a specific conclusion

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Convergent thinking

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Narrowing down to one solution

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Divergent thinking

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Multiple thinking

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Language

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Using words to communicate speaking/writing purpose is to transfer ideas thoughts and feelings gain knowledge and wisdom develop survival

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Phoneme

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Sounds units

Ba da ma ya

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Morpheme

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Units of meaning

Ba-at= bat

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Grammar

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Rules of the language that we use

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Motherese

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Baby talk slows down words change his tone catch his attention

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Receptive language

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Listening and processing

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Productive language

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Babbling stage start to form words and talk

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Age milestones of one year

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One-word stage dada what mama

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Age milestones of a year and a half
Toured stage want drink convey meaning
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Age milestones of two years
Forming complete sentences 50 to 100 Word vocab ( grammar influenced)
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Language acquisition device
For the age of seven we are much more apt to pick up on language after it is much harder
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Multilingual
Fluidly speak more than one language
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Feral children
Grace by civilization therefore not expose the language at a young age
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Aphasia
Can do one language task but not the others impaired Language
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Broca's area
You can comprehend but you cannot speak
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Wernickes area
Can't comprehend but you can just blabber words
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Linguistic determinism
Language structure shaves thinkings/thoughts
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General intelligence
Some of all our mental abilities including memory and learning problem-solving
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Genetics and intelligence
Been here at 50 to 80%
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Polygenetic
Canberra many genes and make up a trait
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Factors that influence intelligence
Educational social class environment mental stimulation
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Deprived of intelligent as a child means
If you learn while your little your IQ tend to be higher so if your education deprived as a child you may not receive a higher IQ as you could have
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Achievement
Learned what you know
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Aptitude
Predictor test such as the act
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Why I Q changes over time
Neuroplaticity brains ability to wire/re-wire itself
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Why IQ changes overtime
Age younger you are the more it will change as you get older For the most part adults remain stable
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Fluid intelligence
Speed of mental reason enough how fast you can do somethings
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Crystallized intelligence
Knowledge or wisdom
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Factors on an IQ test
Standardized: compare scores with other tests Reliable: consistent results Validity: measures what it supposed to
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Sternbergs intelegences
Analytical Creative Practical
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Analytical intelligence
I Q test solving well defined the problem is it school or academics
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Creative intelligence
Generating novel ideas and new way of thinking or doing things
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Practical intelligence
Commonsense every day living skills or people skills
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Gardner's theory of intelligence
``` Musical intelligence Bodily kinesthetic Logical mathematical Lingustic Spatial Interpersonal Interpersonal ```
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Musical intelligence
Understanding and ability to perform or create music
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Bodily kinesthetic intelligence
Skills involved in the whole body or parts of the body to solve the problem with constructs products or performs actions examples are dancers athletics surgeons
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Logical mathematical
Skills dealing with problem-solving scientific mathematical thinking
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Spatial intelligence
Skills involved in different shapes colors and configurations examples are architects artists
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Interpersonal
Ability to read it people interact with others politicians salesman
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Intrapersonal
Ability to understand one sells including feelings emotions and ability
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Savant syndrome
Specialize in one intelligence and you were off the charts but you are disabled otherwise
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Emotional intelligence
Ability to understand others and understand ourselves
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Grit
Ability to motivate push yourselves and don't give up you don't want to fail perseverance
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Gender differences women are more
Verbalee fluent
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Gender differences men are more
Spatial reasoning
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Test bias
Created by white man it's so not common knowledge to a minority
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Stereotype effect
People saying that you will do bad he will do bad it do better in a common or more comfortable place

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