Cognition 2

our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning

a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms

• Concepts

• Trial and error

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

A problem-solving strategy that involves attempting different solutions and eliminating those that do not work.

• Concepts

• Trial and error

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people

• Concepts

• Trial and error

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

Savant born with without a corpus callosum; inspiration for rain man

• B.F. Skinner

• Noam Chomsky

• Kim Peek

• Oxana Malaya

language development is something you were born with. Every child is born with a biological predisposition to learn any language

• B.F. Skinner

• Noam Chomsky

• Kim Peek

• Oxana Malaya

___________ Development Stages

cooing, __________, one-word speech, telegraphic speech, whole sentences

clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited

• availability heuristic

• conformation bias

• Overconfidence

• fuctional fixedness

• belief perseverance

a tendency to search for information that mirrors one's preconceptions

• availability heuristic

• conformation bias

• Overconfidence

• fuctional fixedness

• belief perseverance

estimating the likelihood of events based on their ease in drawing from in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common

• availability heuristic

• conformation bias

• Overconfidence

• fuctional fixedness

• belief perseverance