Behavioural Science 1

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Behavioural Science 1 Psychology A
Lecture 12, Semester 1, 2004 Cognitive
Psychology
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Thought

• Concepts
• Thinking
• hierarchies
• Prototypes
• Examplars
• positive instance
• negative instance
• Overextension
• Abstract concepts

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Problem Solving

• Approaches to Problem solving
• Understanding
• 3 features to understanding a problem
• parts of a problem relate in a meaningful way
• parts of the problem correspond to elements of
  problem in outer world
• apply background knowledge.
• Algorithm
• Heuristic
• Analogies

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Problem Solving

• 3 factors affect problem solving
• Expertise
• Mental sets
• Insight

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Creativity

• Convergent thinking
• Divergent thinking
• Factors affecting creativity
• IQ
• Personal factors
• Social evaluation

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Reasoning

• Types of reasoning
• Deductive reasoning
• Inductive reasoning

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Judgment Decision Making

• Representativeness Heuristic
• Availability Heuristic
• Anchoring Adjustment Heuristic
• Framing Effect

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Language

• Semanticity
• Infinite creativity
• Displacement
• Basic concepts of language
• Phonology
• Sounds
• Phonemes
• Morphology
• Morphemes
• Syntax
• Semantics

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Language

• Development of vocabulary
• overextension
• Development of Syntax
• Holophrases
• telegraphic speech
• Development of complex language
• Articles
• Conjunctions
• possessive demonstrative adjectives
• Pronouns
• Prepositions
• overgeneralisations

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Language

• Theories of language development
• learning theorist
• Nativist theorist
• Psycholinguistic theory
• Noam Chomsky
• Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
• Language and Thought
• The linguistic-relativity hypothesis