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Psychology
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10/20/2011

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mental images
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are representantions in the mind of an object or event
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concepts
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are categorizations of objects events or people that share COMMON properties
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heuristic
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a congntive short cut lead to correct lead to correct solution in ehances success
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algorithm
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is a rule that if applied apporitatley gurantees a solution to a problem
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transformation problems
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consists of a intital state like a goal state
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trial and error
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trying different approaches
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functional fixedness
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the tendency to think of an object only in terms of its typical use
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mental set
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the tendency for old patterns of problem solving to persists
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confirmation bias
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problem solvers favor intial hypotheses
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divergent thinking
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the ability to generate unusual, yet apporitate, responses to problem or questions
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convergent thinking
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produces response that are based primarily on knowledge and logic
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grammar
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the system of rules that determinehow our thoughts can be expressed in words
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phonology
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is the study of the smallest basic units of speech
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syntax
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refers to the rules that indicate how words and phrases can be combined to form sentences
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semantics
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meaning of words and sentences
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babble
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to make a speechlike but meaningless sound
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telegraphic speech
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because these primitive sentences sound as if they were part of a telegram ex: show book instead of i showed you the book
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overgeneralize
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these rules using them even when doing so result in an error
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learning theory approach
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suggest that language acquistions follows the principles of reinforecment and condition
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nativist approach
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to language all world's language share a common underlying strucuture
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universal grammar
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is the underyling structure
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language-acquistion device
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lets us understand stucture and language but provides us strategies and technique for learning
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interactionist approach
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suggests that language devolpment is produced through a combination of genetically determined circumstances that teach language
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intelligence
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the capacity to understand the world think rationally and use resources
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g or g-factor
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the single, general factor for mental ability assumed to underlie intelligence in some early theories
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fluid intelligence
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intelligence that reflects information processing capablilities reasoning and memory
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crystalized intelligence
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the accumulation of information skills and strategies that are learned through experience and can be applied through problem solving
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theory of multiple intelligence
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gardners intelligence theory that proposes that there are eight distinct spheres of intelligence
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practical intelligence
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sternberg states intelligence related to overall success in living
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emotional intelligence
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the set of skills that underlie the accuarate assement evulation expression of emotion
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