Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
Intelligence |
Internal capacity that accounts for individual differences in mental tests performance, which also allows us to adapt to ever-changes environment |
|
|
Adaptability |
Ability to solve a problem that is unique to your environment |
|
|
Psychometrics |
Use of psychological test to measure the mind and mental processes |
|
|
Language |
Communicating through speech / verbal form and /or gestures |
|
|
Grammar |
Set of rules that allow the communicator to combine arbitrary symbols in infinite number of way to convey meaning |
|
|
3-5 weeks |
Cooning ( make noise not just crying) |
|
|
4-6 months |
Babbling that corresponds to phonemes (baa,paa,kaa) |
|
|
6-8 months |
Sounds become more languages Recognize common words First signs of understanding the meaning of familiar words |
|
|
1 year |
Simple works (No) |
|
|
2 years |
Vocabulary of 200 words |
|
|
3 years |
Telegraphic speech Combing two words. E.G bad mom |
|
|
Narrow to language by |
One year old |
|
|
3 and up |
Grammatical knowledge fine-tuned from 3 to7 |
|
|
Is language a product of genes or experience? |
– Many researchers believe babies have some inborn preparation for language -infants show a performance for human speech sounds -two languages processing areas( Broa & Wernick ) appears to be present at birth Babies follow similar language milestones Infants appear to be born with the innate abilities to distinguish key phonemes used in language |
|
|
Broca’s aphasia |
Very slow laborious, can’t talk Two words sentence Aware of their deficit Damage in the left frontal lob Meaning of speech but can’t express themselves |
Brain works, voice don’t |
|
Speech Comprehension |
involves recognizing and understanding the meaning of sounds/spoken words |
|
|
Wernicke’s aphasia |
Words combined together in a way that doesn’t make sense and can’t understand what they say Fluent, incorrect words , unaware Damage in the left temporal lob / stroke Don’t understand you |
|
|
Two classes of problem-solving strategies |
1-Algorithm 2-Heuristics |
|
|
Algorithms |
Step by step rules or procedures for trying all possible alternatives in searching for a solution to problems -user might not know how it works EG. Long division |
|
|
Superordinate category |
Living thing, animal More general/ inclusive, less descriptive |
|
|
Basic-Level category |
Used most often, is most useful and predictive Dog |
|
|
Subordinate category |
Very specific 10 weeks old Female Jack |
|
|
Heuristics |
Suggests a course of action or short cuts that are efficient, stereotypes Does not guarantee a solution Problem solving ( rules of thumb) |
|
|
Thinking |
The brain does not passively record information but actively alters and organize it. When we think, we mentally menu plates internal repression objects |
|