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Thinking and Language

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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 proveds a quick and easy method for including items in a category  
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show a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier - but also more error prone - use of heuristics  
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show a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems effiecently; usually speedier but also more prone the algorithms  
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insight   show
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confirmation bias   show
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fixation   show
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show a tendency to approach a problem in a particular way, especially a way that has been sucessful in the past but may not be helpful in solving a new problem  
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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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show estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common  
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overconfidence   show
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show the way an issue is posed; how an issue is frames can significantly affect decisions and judgments  
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show the tendency for one's preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning, sometimes by making invalid conclusions seems valid, or vaild conclusions seem invalid  
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show clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they where formed has been discredited  
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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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language   show
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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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show in a language, a system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others  
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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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show beginning at 3 to 4 months, the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language  
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one-word stage   show
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show beginning about age 2, the stage in speech development during which a child speaks mostly two word statements  
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show early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram - "go car" - using mostly nouns and verbs and omitting "auxiliary" words  
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linguistic determinism   show
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