Quiz 10

Front 1

Cognition

Back 1

Meaning thinking and using knowledge.

Front 2

Attention:

Back 2

The tendency to respond to and remember some stimuli more than others.

Front 3

Stroop effect

Back 3

The tendency to read the words instead of saying the color of ink it is.

Front 4

Change blindness

Back 4

The failure to detect changes in parts of a scene.

Front 5

WHAT is ADD and ADHD ?

Back 5

ADD: characterized by easy distraction, impulsiveness, moodiness, and failure to follow through on plans.

ADHD: the same concept with excessive activity and “fidgetiness”.

Front 6

System 1

Back 6

Or type 1 thinking…for quick, automatic processes and for questions we think are easy. Not much effort.

Front 7

System 2:

Back 7

Or type 2 thinking…for mathematical calculations, evaluating evidence, and anything else that requires attention. Rely heavily on working memory.

Front 8

Critical thinking:

Back 8

The careful evaluation of evidence for and against any conclusion.

Front 9

Confirmation Bias:

Back 9

Occurs in all walks of life. The tendency of us often err by accepting a hypothesis and then looking for evidence to support it instead of considering other possibilities.

Front 10

Sunk cost effect

Back 10

The willingness to do something undesirable Bc of money or effort already spent.

Front 11

Expertise:

Back 11

Able to solve problems quickly with a minimum of error. Reaching point requires much effort.

Front 12

Rule about Practice:

Back 12

People need feedback.

Front 13

Productivity

Back 13

The ability to combine words into new sentences that express an unlimited variety of ideas.

Front 14

Transformational grammar:

Back 14

A system for converting a deep structure into a surface structure.

Front 15

Language acquisition device:

Back 15

A built in mechanism for acquiring language.

Front 16

Broca’s area

Back 16

People with damage in frontal cortex.

Front 17

Broca’s aphasia:

Back 17

A condition characterized by difficulties in language production.

Front 18

Wernicke’s area:

Back 18

People with damage in temporal cortex.

Front 19

Wernicke’s aphasia:

Back 19

A condition marked by impaired recall of nouns and umpired language comprehension, despite fluent and grammatical speech.

Front 20

Phoneme

Back 20

A unit of sound, such as f or sh

Front 21

Morpheme

Back 21

A unit of meaning.

Front 22

Saccades:

Back 22

Quick eye movements from one fixation point to another.