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Myers’ PSYCHOLOGY
(7th Ed)
Chapter 10
Thinking and Language
James A. McCubbin, PhDClemson University
Worth Publishers
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Thinking
Cognition mental activities associated with thinking,
knowing, remembering, and communicating
Cognitive Psychologists study these mental activities
concept formation problem solving decision making judgment formation
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Thinking
Concept mental grouping of similar objects,
events, ideas, or people Prototype
mental image or best example of a category matching new items to the prototype
provides a quick and easy method for including items in a category (as when comparing feathered creatures to a prototypical bird, such as a robin)
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Thinking
Algorithm methodical, logical rule or
procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem
contrasts with the usually speedier–but also more error-prone--use of heuristics
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Thinking
Heuristic simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently
usually speedier than algorithms more error-prone than algorithms
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Thinking
Unscramble
S P L O Y O C H Y G Algorithm
all 907,208 combinations Heuristic
throw out all YY combinations other heuristics?
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Thinking
Insight sudden and often novel realization of the
solution to a problem contrasts with strategy-based solutions
Confirmation Bias tendency to search for information that
confirms one’s preconceptions
Fixation inability to see a problem from a new
perspective impediment to problem solving
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The Matchstick Problem
How would you arrange six matches to form four equilateral triangles?
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The Three-Jugs Problem
Using jugs A, B, and C, with the capacities shown, how would you measure out the volumes indicated?
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The Candle-Mounting Problem
Using these materials, how would you mount the candle on a bulletin board?
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Thinking
Mental Set tendency to approach a problem in a particular way
especially a way that has been successful in the past but may or may not be helpful in solving a new problem
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Thinking
Functional Fixednesstendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions
impediment to problem solving
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The Matchstick Problem
Solution to the matchstick problem
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The Three-Jugs Problem
Solution: a) All seven problems can be solved by the equation shown in (a): B - A - 2C = desired volume.
b) But simpler solutions exist for problems 6 and 7, such as A - C for problem 6.
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The Candle-Mounting Problem
Solving this problem requires recognizing that a box need not always serve as a container
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Heuristics
Representativeness Heuristic judging the likelihood of things in
terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes
may lead one to ignore other relevant information
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Heuristics
Availability Heuristic estimating the likelihood of events
based on their availability in memory if instances come readily to mind
(perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common
Example: airplane crash
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Thinking
Overconfidence tendency to be more confident
than correct tendency to overestimate the
accuracy of one’s beliefs and judgments
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Thinking
Framing the way an issue is posedhow an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgments
Example: What is the best way to market ground beef--as 25% fat or 75% lean?
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Thinking
Belief Bias the tendency for one’s preexisting
beliefs to distort logical reasoning sometimes by making invalid
conclusions seem valid or valid conclusions seem invalid
Belief Perseverance clinging to one’s initial conceptions after
the basis on which they were formed has been discredited
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence designing and programming
computer systems to do intelligent things to simulate human thought
processes
intuitive reasoning learning understanding language
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Artificial Intelligence
Computer Neural Networks computer circuits that mimic the
brain’s interconnected neural cells
performing tasks learning to recognize visual patterns learning to recognize smells
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Language
Language our spoken, written, or gestured
works and the way we combine them to communicate meaning
Phoneme in a spoken language, the
smallest distinctive sound unit
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Language
Morpheme in a language, the smallest unit that
carries meaning may be a word or a part of a word
(such as a prefix) Grammar
a system of rules in a language that enables us to communicate with and understand others
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Language
Semantics the set of rules by which we derive
meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a given language
also, the study of meaning Syntax
the rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language
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Language We are all born to recognize speech sounds from all
the world’s languages
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Percentage ableto discriminateHindi t’s
Hindi-speaking
adults
6-8 months
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10-12months
English-speaking
adultsInfants from English-speaking homes
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Language Babbling Stage
beginning at 3 to 4 months the stage of speech development in
which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language
One-Word Stage from about age 1 to 2 the stage in speech development
during which a child speaks mostly in single words
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Language
Two-Word Stage beginning about age 2 the stage in speech development
during which a child speaks in mostly two-word statements
Telegraphic Speech early speech stage in which the child
speaks like a telegram-–“go car”--using mostly nouns and verbs and omitting “auxiliary” words
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Language
Summary of Language Development
Month(approximate)
Stage
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Babbles many speech sounds.
Babbling reveals households language.
One-word stage.
Two-world, telegraphic speech.
Language develops rapidly intocomplete sentences.
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Language
Genes design the mechanisms for a language, and experience activates them as it modifies the brain
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Language
New language learning gets harder with age
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Percentage correct ongrammar test
Age at school
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Language
Linguistic DeterminismWhorf”s hypothesis that language determines the way we think
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Language
The interplay of thought and language
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Animal Thinking and Language
The straight-line part of the dance points in the direction of a nectar source, relative to the sun
Direction ofnectar source
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Animal Thinking and Language
Gestured Communication
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Animal Thinking and Language
Is this really language?