A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

______ is a mental image or best example of a category.

When instances come readily to mind, we often presume such events are common. What of the following is the term for this phenomenon?

The way an issue is presented may alter perception.

What problem-solving strategies don't guarantee solutions but make efficient use of time?

Algorithms

______ is an example of a concept that best exemplifies the characteristics of that concept.

The rules of language that enables us to communicate with others

Step-by-step, methodical, logical, problem-solving procedures that guarantee a solution.

A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently

__________ narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

__________ expands the number of possible problem solutions.

Heuristics

A sudden realization of a problem's solution

A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.

A tendency to approach a problem in one particular way; often a way that has been successful in the past.

An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning.

Our tendency to be more confident than correct; to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.

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

The way an issue is presented is referred to as __________.

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

The smallest distinctive sound unit in a language

In a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix)

At about 4 months old, what is the stage of language development?

Language development state at which children (around age 2) speak mostly in two-word statements.

When a child says "outside" which means she wants to be taken outside to play, she is in this stage.

When a child first says dada, nana or mama, mama. This stage begins at about 4 months old.

Early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram, using mostly nouns and verbs; phrases like "get ball"

Impairment of language is called _______________.

An area of the frontal lobe that controls expression; directs the muscle movements involved in speech.

______________ controls language reception; a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression.