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| the study of mental processes by which the information humans receive from their outside environment is modified made meaningful, stored, retrieved, used, and communicated to others |
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| information processing system |
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| recieves info, represents it with symbols, then manipulates it |
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| manipulation of mental representation |
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| the time elapsing between presentation of a stimulus and the appearance of an overt response |
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| small temporary change in voltage on an eeg that occurs in response to specific events |
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| mental representation of familiar parts of your world |
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| mental representations of visual info |
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| categories of objects, events, or ideas with common properties |
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| set of rules or properties such that each member of the concept has all of defining properties and no non member does |
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| concepts that have no fixed set of defining features but share a characteristics |
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| member of a natural concept that possesses all or most of its characteristic features |
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| generalizations we develop about catergories of objects, events, and people |
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| schemas about familiar sequences of events |
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| smallest unit of knowledge that can stand as a seperate assertion |
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| contain our understanding of how things (usually physical things) work |
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| the process through which people generate and evaluate arguments and reach conclusions about them |
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| aka logical reasoning, the process of following a set of rigorous procedures for reaching valid or correct conclusions |
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| systematic methods that always produce a correct solution to a problem if a solution exists |
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| set statements that provide a formula for drawing valid conclusions about the world |
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| logical arguments containing two or more premises and a conclusion |
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| process of evaluating a conclusion, theory, or course of action on the basis of credibility of evidence |
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| involves judging the probability that an event may occur or that a hypothesis may be true and how easily the hyp or exampoles of the event can be brought to mind |
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| estimate the probablity of the event, not by starting from scratch but by adjustinmg and earlier estimate |
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| tendency for old patterns of problem solving to persist |
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| tendency to use familiar objects in familiar ways over creative ways |
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| computer programs that solve problems |
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| describes the subjective, personal value of each attribute |
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| total amount of benefit you could expect to receive if the decision were repeated on several occasions |
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| tendency toward extreme decisions |
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| symbols such as words and a set of rules for combining the symbols |
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| set of rules for language |
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| smaller unit of sound affecting the meaning of speech |
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| smallest unit of language that has meaning |
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| are made of one or more morpheme |
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| rules that govern the meaning of words and sentences |
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| string of words people produce, the order in which words are arranged |
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| an abstract representation of the relationships expressed in a sentence, various underlying meanings of a sentence |
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| first sound infants make that resemble speech |
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| limited vocab one word at a time |
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