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Myers 7th Edition - Chapter 10 Vocabulary

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Cognition   show
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show A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.  
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show A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to the prototype provides a quick and easy method for including items in a category (as when comparing feathered creatures to a prototypical bird, such as a robin).  
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Algorithm   show
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show A simple thinking thinking stratagey that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithims.  
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show A sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem; it contrasts with strategy-based solutions.  
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Confirmation Bias   show
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show The inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an impediment to problem solving.  
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Mental Set   show
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show The tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions; an impediment to problem solving.  
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Representativeness Heuristic   show
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Availability Heuristic   show
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Belief Perservence   show
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)   show
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show Computer circuits that mimic the brain's interconnected neural cells, performing tasks such as learning to recognize visual patterns and smells.  
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show Our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning.  
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Phoneme   show
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show In a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a word (such as a prefix).  
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Grammar   show
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show The set of rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language; also, the study of meaning.  
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Syntax   show
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Babbling Stage   show
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show The stage in speech developement, from about age 1 to 2, during which a child speaks mostly in single words.  
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show Beginning about age 2, the stage in speech developement during which a child speaks mostly two-word statements.  
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Telegraphic Speech   show
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show Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think.  
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