Heuristics in Decision Making: Representativeness, Availability, Anchoring & Adjustment

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What is the term used to describe the application of regular grammar rules to irregular verbs and nouns during language development?

  • Overextension
  • Telegraphic speech
  • Overregulation (correct)
  • Displacement

At what stage do children typically realize that words can have more than one meaning?

  • 36 months
  • 30 months
  • 7-9 years (correct)
  • 18-20 months

Which concept in language development involves the capacity to communicate in another time or place?

  • Infinite creativity
  • Displacement (correct)
  • Overextension
  • Holophrase

According to the Nativist Approach, what causes children to attend to and perceive language in certain ways?

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What term describes the theory that language acquisition involves the interaction of environmental influences and an inborn tendency to acquire language?

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What vocalization stage involves crying, cooing, and babbling, leading up to the child's first spoken word around 1 year old?

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What term describes the tendency to think of an object only in terms of its familiar function?

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Which heuristic involves estimating probabilities based on examples of relevant events, often disregarding scientific data?

<p>Availability heuristic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term defines the context of information influencing decision-making?

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In the context of language, what sets humans apart from other species?

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What term refers to the smallest unit of meaning in language?

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Which aspect of language focuses on the characteristics of spoken language such as intonation and gesture?

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What aspect of emotional intelligence involves being aware of and managing one's own emotions, self-motivation, empathy, and handling relations?

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What is the basis for academic achievements according to the text?

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What aspect is NOT a factor that affects intellectual functioning?

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What is a key characteristic of creative people according to the text?

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Which theory of intelligence suggests that intelligence consists of a general factor (G factor) and specific abilities (S factor)?

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Which type of twins show the strongest correlation in IQ scores according to the text?

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Which type of thinking freely assesses elements of a problem and is best used in measuring creativity?

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Which theory of intelligence includes spatial, bodily, and linguistic intelligences among its categories?

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What is the approximate heritability range mentioned in the text?

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Which factor is related to IQ similarities according to the text?

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What is the unusual combination seen in individuals with Savant Syndrome?

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Which scale is specifically mentioned for measuring intelligence in individuals aged 16 and older?

<p>Wechsler Scale (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the Wechsler Scale provide separate scores for in intelligence testing?

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Which of the following is NOT one of Thurstone's primary mental abilities?

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In adoption studies, what relation is stronger according to the text?

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According to Robert Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence, what ability is related to coping with novel situations and generating multiple solutions?

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Study Notes

Intelligence and Creativity

  • European-American children tend to outperform African-American children on intelligence tests.
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ) involves applying knowledge about emotions to life, including managing one's own emotions, self-motivation, empathy, and handling relationships.

Emotional Intelligence

  • Intra/interpersonal skills: empathy, self-insight, and self-control.
  • Coping with stress, depression, and aggressive behavior.
  • Awareness of emotions and their appropriateness in different situations.

Creativity

  • Creative people produce original, appropriate, and valuable ideas and solutions.
  • Characteristics of creative people: doing novel and useful things, taking risks, defying limits, and appreciating art and music.
  • Divergent thinking: freely associating elements of a problem to generate many ideas.

Measurement of Intelligence

  • Wechsler Scale: used for individuals 16 and older.
  • Deviation score: separates subscales (verbal and performance tasks) into three IQ scores: verbal IQ, performance IQ, and functional IQ.

Heuristics in Decision Making

  • Representative heuristic: judging events based on their similarity to a typical case.
  • Availability heuristic: estimating probability based on the availability of relevant information.
  • Anchoring and adjustment heuristic: using an initial estimate as an anchor and adjusting it based on new information.
  • Framing effect: the context of information presentation affects decision-making.

Language

  • Non-human communication capability: a unique aspect of humans.
  • Language: a system of socially shared, arbitrary symbols (sounds, signs, and words) arranged according to rules of grammar.

Psycholinguistics

  • Language acquisition: how language is acquired, produced, and used.
  • Phonemes: the smallest unit of sound in spoken language.
  • Morphemes: the smallest unit of meaning.
  • Syntax: specific rules for arranging and combining words to form sentences.
  • Semantics: meaning derived from morphemes, words, and sentences.
  • Pragmatics: the characteristics of spoken language, including intonation, gesture, and indicating social meaning.

Language Development

  • Telegraphic speech: children understanding syntax (around 30 months).
  • Overextension/underextension: applying words to a broader range of objects than intended (around 18-20 months).
  • Overregulation: applying grammatical rules to irregular verbs/nouns (around 36 months).

Nature vs. Nurture

  • Learning theory: imitation and reinforcement, with parents as role models.
  • Nativist approach: innate factors cause children to attend to and perceive language in certain ways.

Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

  • Represents the inborn tendency to learn language.
  • Prepares the nervous system to learn universal grammar.

Language and Culture

  • Linguistic-relativity hypothesis: language structure influences thought and perception.
  • Bilingualism: metalinguistic skill, learning culture in depth, and speaking two or more languages.

Language Development

  • Prelinguistic vocalizations: crying, cooing, and babbling.
  • Holophrase: a single word with complex meaning (around 2 years old).
  • First spoken word: around 1 year old.

Intelligence and Cognitive Development

  • Full-scale IQ: measures intellectual functioning.
  • Socioeconomic and ethnic differences: considering social class and ethnicity in IQ scores.
  • Gender differences: no overall differences in cognitive ability, but differences in verbal and visual-spatial abilities.

Genetic Influences

  • Kinship studies: identical twins (MZ) show more similar IQ scores.
  • Twin studies: moderate relationship between IQ scores of fraternal twins, siblings, and parent-child pairs.
  • Adoption studies: stronger relationship between IQ scores of adopted children and biological parents.

Heritability

  • 40% to 60% of the difference between an individual's IQ score and others can be explained by heredity.

Factors Affecting Intellectual Functioning

  • Genetic factors
  • Stimulating environment (home and school)
  • Health
  • Socioeconomic status

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