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.

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.