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Standards for social behavior |
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Linkage of concepts (this is how we think) |
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Formal or Deductive Reasoning |
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Multiple solutions Unclear Must be Developed |
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Five potential errors in reasoning |
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1. Mood States 2. Belief Systems 3. Confirmation bias (use only what you agree with) 4. Social Contest (mob mentality) 5. Hindsight (overconfidence in abilities) |
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Mental shortcuts for making decisions quickly |
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Base Rate (It's a horse, not a zebra) |
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Don't want to admit mistake |
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Set on a different way of thinking |
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Look for screwdriver when a dime would have worked |
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Type of fixation where you do something even though there's a better alternative |
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Problem solving methods (five) |
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1. Trial and Error 2. Algorithm 3. Analogy 4. Means/End Analysis 5. Metacognitive Reasoning - Envision problem from different viewpoint |
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System of symbols and the rules that combine them |
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Basic unit of language sounds (46 in English) |
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Basic unit of language meaning (like "-s" to make plural) 100,000 in English |
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Rules govening the combination of Phonemes and Morphemes. |
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Understanding. can't be ambiguous like "last night I saw an alligator in my pink pajamas" |
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Words work, but don't mean anything like "purple ideas rage furiously" |
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Understand deep meaning like jokes and proverbs |
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Word learning per day average |
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six to seven words per day |
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Product of imitation and operant conditioning |
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Humans are hard-wired for language with nouns, verbs, etc... |
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Language development (eight stages) |
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2 months - first social smile 3 months - coo 6 months - babble (all phonemes of every language) 10 months - phonemes pruned 1 year - one word stage 1.5 years - approx 50 words known and learning accelerates 4 years - Rudiments of speech |
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