Myers' Psychology for AP Second Edition Unit 7: Cognition 

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Intrinsic motivation

________ is being self driven by interest or satisfaction.

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Receptive language

What is the ability to understand what is said to and about a person, typically babies? Answer with a single words or term.

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Algorithms

What are step by step processes that guarantee a solution? Answer with a single words or term.

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Deaf children

________ have an easier time when they have been exposed to some form of sign language.

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Cognition

________ is all of the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information.

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Childhood

________ represents the critical period for learning language.

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Intuition

What is recognition that is born of experience? Answer with a single words or term.

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Retrieval problems

________ occur from interference and motivated forgetting.

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Frequency

________ os keeping track of how many times something happened.

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Grammar

What is the set of rules that allow us to form sentences? Answer with a single words or term.

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A(n) ________ is a birdier bird than a penguin.

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Convergent thinking narrows problem

________ solving strategies to find one solution.

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Critical reflection

________ helps more than simply rereading.

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Humans

What are born with a predisposition to learn grammar rules? Answer with a single words or term.

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Phonemes

What are the smallest distinctive sounds in a language? Answer with a single words or term.

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Insight

________ is sudden, there are no signs that we are getting closer to the solution when it occurs.

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Casinos

________ make us remember wins and not loses.

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Proactive interference

________ occurs when old information disrupts recalling newer information.

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Memory

What is information that has been acquired, stored, and can be retrieved? Answer with a single words or term.

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Implicit memories

What are nondeclarative and procedural? Answer with a single words or term.

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Acronyms

________ can help as well.

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Everytime you

________ learn something new, your brain's neural connections change, forming and strengthening pathways.

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Concepts

What are formed by developing prototypes? Answer with a single words or term.

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basal ganglia

The ________ is a brain structure involved in motor movement.

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Expertise

What is a well developed knowledge of a topic? Answer with a single words or term.

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