Myers' Psychology for AP Second Edition Unit 7: Cognition

Intrinsic motivation

is being self driven by interest or satisfaction.

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.

Intrinsic motivation

is being self driven by interest or satisfaction.

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.

Algorithms

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

Deaf children

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

Cognition

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

Childhood

represents the critical period for learning language.

Intuition

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

Retrieval problems

occur from interference and motivated forgetting.

Frequency

os keeping track of how many times something happened.

Grammar

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

robin

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

Convergent thinking narrows problem

solving strategies to find one solution.

Critical reflection

helps more than simply rereading.

Humans

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

Phonemes

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

Insight

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

Casinos

make us remember wins and not loses.

Proactive interference

occurs when old information disrupts recalling newer information.

Memory

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

Implicit memories

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

Acronyms

can help as well.

Everytime you

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

Concepts

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

basal ganglia

The is a brain structure involved in motor movement.

Expertise

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