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Chapter 9--Learning

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Cognition   mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering  
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Concept   mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas or people  
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Prototype   mental image or best example of a category  
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Algorithm   a rule or procedure that guaruntees solving a problem  
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Heuristic   strategies that allow us to solve problems efficently  
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Insight   sudden and often novel realization to the solution of a problem  
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Confirmation Bias   searching for info that confirms our ideas  
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Fixation   inability to see a problem from a new perspective  
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Functional Fixedness   to think of things, only in terms of their usual function  
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Representativeness Heuristic   how well a thing represents or matches a paticular prototype  
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Availability Heuristic   estimate the likelihood of events based upon their availability in memory  
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Overconfidence   tendency to be more confident than correct  
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Framing   the way the issue is posed  
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Belief Perserverance   to stay with one's belief even after it's been disproved  
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Language   our spoken, written or gestured words and the way we combine them  
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Babbling Stage   begins at 4 months, an infant speaks various sounds  
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One-word Stage   one to two years of age, children speak in single words  
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Two word Stage   begins at about 2 years of age, children speak in two word statements  
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Telegraphic Speech   children speak like telegrams using mostly nouns and verbs. no extra words  
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Linguistic Relativity   language determines the way you think  
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Intelligence   mental abilities needed to select, adapt to and shape enviroments  
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Mental Age   chronological age, typical of a given level of performance  
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Stanford Bennet Test   mostly widely used IQ test  
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Factor Analysis   researchers can identify clusters of test items that measure a common ability  
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General Intelligence   your overall intelligence  
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Savant Syndrome   person with limited mental ability has an amazing specific skill  
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Creativity   ability to produce novel and valuable ideas  
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale   most widely used intelligence test  
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Aptitude Test   to predict a person's future performance  
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Achievement Test   to assess what a person has learned  
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Standardization   defining scored compared to a pretest group  
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Normal Curve   bell shaped pattern of scores, describes distribution of test scores  
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Reliability   extent to which a test yields consistant results  
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Validity   extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to  
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Emotional Intelligence   ability to percieve, understand and manage emotions  
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Mental Retardation   IQ below 70  
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Down Syndrome   mental retardation and physical problems caused by an extra chromosome  
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Heritability   variation in intelligence test scores due to genetic factors  
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