Language, Thought & Reasoning

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Which phenomenon refers to the difficulty conceptualizing that an object typically used for one purpose can be used for another?

  • Subjective Utility
  • Functional Fixedness (correct)
  • Salience of Surface Similarities
  • Mental Sets

What term describes the system of rules for arranging words into sentences in language?

  • Extralinguistic Information
  • Morphemes
  • Phonemes
  • Syntax (correct)

Which theory suggests that children are born with some basic knowledge about language, including Chomsky's Language acquisition device?

  • General Cognitive Processing theory
  • Nativist theory (correct)
  • Imitation theory
  • Social Pragmatics theory

What is the term for the smallest units of speech sounds in language?

<p>Phonemes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of decision-making involves personal estimates of probabilities?

<p>Subjective Probability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Expected Value in decision-making refer to?

<p>What one gains or stands to lose (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term refers to the phenomenon of becoming stuck in a specific problem-solving strategy?

<p>Mental Sets (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Salience of Surface Similarities' involves focusing on which type of details during problem-solving?

<p><strong>Surface</strong> details (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Algorithms' in problem-solving involve which approach?

<p><strong>Logical</strong> step-by-step procedure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Extralinguistic Information' in language includes which elements?

<p><strong>Facial Expressions</strong> and tone of voice (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of heuristics involves judging the probability of an event by its superficial similarity to a prototype?

<p>Representativeness Heuristic (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which heuristics involves estimating the likelihood of an occurrence based on the ease with which it comes to our minds?

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

What is the term for the tendency to overestimate how well we could have predicted something after it has already occurred?

<p>Hindsight Bias (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of processing utilizes pre-existing knowledge to fill in missing information?

<p>Top Down Processing (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which cognitive functioning strategy involves utilizing pre-existing knowledge such as schemas?

<p>Top Down Processing (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Judging the probability of an event by its superficial similarity to a prototype' is associated with which heuristic?

<p>'Estimating the likelihood of an occurrence based on the ease of recall' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Utilizing pre-existing knowledge to fill in the gaps of missing information' is characteristic of which cognitive process?

<p>'Schemas-based Top Down Processing' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Estimating the likelihood of an occurrence based on the ease with which it comes to our minds' is a feature of which heuristic?

<p>'Judging probability based on similarity to a prototype' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Overestimating how well we could have predicted something after it has occurred' is a characteristic of which cognitive bias?

<p>'Hindsight Bias' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Process of selecting among a set of possible alternatives' refers to what cognitive function?

<p>'Decision Making' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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