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19 Cards in this Set
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Cognition |
Thinking and using knowledge |
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Attention |
The tendency to respond to and remember some stimuli more than others |
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Stroop effect |
The tendency to read the words instead of saying the color of ink |
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Change blindness |
The failure to detect changes in parts of a scene |
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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) |
Characterized by easy distraction, impulsiveness, moodiness, and failure to follow through on plans |
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Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) |
The same except with excessive activity and "fidgetness" |
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System 1 (type 1 of thinking) |
Used for quick, automatic processes (such as recognizing familiar faces and routine actions) and for questions we think are easy |
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System 2 (type 2 of thinking) |
For mathematical calculations, elevating evidence, and anything else that requires attention |
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Critical thinking |
The careful evaluation of evidence for and against any conclusion |
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Confirmation Bias |
Accepting a hypothesis and then looking for evidence to support it instead of considering other possibilities |
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Sunk Cost effect |
The willingness to do something undesirable because of money or effort already spent |
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Productivity |
The ability to combine words into new sentences that expresses an unlimited variety of ideas |
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Transformational Grammar |
A system for converting a deep structure into a surface structure |
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Language acquisition device |
A built-in mechanism for acquiring language |
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Broca's Aphasia |
A condition characterized by difficulties in language production (front brain area) |
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Wernicke's Aphasia |
A condition marked by impaired recall of nouns and impaired language comprehension, despite fluent and grammatical speech (middle brain area) |
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Phoneme |
A unit of sound such as f or sh |
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Morpheme |
A unit of meaning |
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Saccades |
Quick eye movements from one fixation point to another |