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Cognition

Thinking and using knowledge

Attention

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

Stroop effect

The tendency to read the words instead of saying the color of ink

Change blindness

The failure to detect changes in parts of a scene

Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

Characterized by easy distraction, impulsiveness, moodiness, and failure to follow through on plans

Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

The same except with excessive activity and "fidgetness"

System 1 (type 1 of thinking)

Used for quick, automatic processes (such as recognizing familiar faces and routine actions) and for questions we think are easy

System 2 (type 2 of thinking)

For mathematical calculations, elevating evidence, and anything else that requires attention

Critical thinking

The careful evaluation of evidence for and against any conclusion

Confirmation Bias

Accepting a hypothesis and then looking for evidence to support it instead of considering other possibilities

Sunk Cost effect

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

Productivity

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

Transformational Grammar

A system for converting a deep structure into a surface structure

Language acquisition device

A built-in mechanism for acquiring language

Broca's Aphasia

A condition characterized by difficulties in language production (front brain area)

Wernicke's Aphasia

A condition marked by impaired recall of nouns and impaired language comprehension, despite fluent and grammatical speech (middle brain area)

Phoneme

A unit of sound such as f or sh

Morpheme

A unit of meaning

Saccades

Quick eye movements from one fixation point to another