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24 Cards in this Set
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Intelligence |
Internal capacity that accounts for individual differences in mental tests performance, which also allows us to adapt to ever-changes environment |
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Adaptability |
Ability to solve a problem that is unique to your environment |
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Psychometrics |
Use of psychological test to measure the mind and mental processes |
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Language |
Communicating through speech / verbal form and /or gestures |
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Grammar |
Set of rules that allow the communicator to combine arbitrary symbols in infinite number of way to convey meaning |
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3-5 weeks |
Cooning ( make noise not just crying) |
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4-6 months |
Babbling that corresponds to phonemes (baa,paa,kaa) |
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6-8 months |
Sounds become more languages Recognize common words First signs of understanding the meaning of familiar words |
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1 year |
Simple works (No) |
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2 years |
Vocabulary of 200 words |
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3 years |
Telegraphic speech Combing two words. E.G bad mom |
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Narrow to language by |
One year old |
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3 and up |
Grammatical knowledge fine-tuned from 3 to7 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Speech Comprehension |
involves recognizing and understanding the meaning of sounds/spoken words |
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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 |
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Two classes of problem-solving strategies |
1-Algorithm 2-Heuristics |
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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 |
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Superordinate category |
Living thing, animal More general/ inclusive, less descriptive |
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Basic-Level category |
Used most often, is most useful and predictive Dog |
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Subordinate category |
Very specific 10 weeks old Female Jack |
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Heuristics |
Suggests a course of action or short cuts that are efficient, stereotypes Does not guarantee a solution Problem solving ( rules of thumb) |
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Thinking |
The brain does not passively record information but actively alters and organize it. When we think, we mentally menu plates internal repression objects |
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