Psychology & Sociology

MilesDown: Behavioral Sciences

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Piaget's concrete operational stage is from ____ years old

Piaget's ____ stage is from 7 to 11 years old

Piaget's formal operational stage is from age ____ and older.

Piaget's ____ stage is from age 12 and older.

____ reasoning starts with rules , then forms conclusions.

Deductive reasoning starts with ____.

____ reasoning starts with evidence , then forms conclusions.

Inductive reasoning starts with ____.

A/an ____ is a framework for thinking about a problem .

A/an mental set is a framework for ____ .

____ is the tendency to use objects only in the way they are normally utilized .

Functional fixedness is ____ .

____ are mental shortcuts that allow people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently.

Heuristics are ____ that allow people to solve problems and make judgments quickly and efficiently.

Heuristics are mental shortcuts that allow people to ____

____ is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a situation.

Availability heuristic is ____.

____ is a mental shortcut that helps us make a decision by comparing information to our mental prototypes .

Representativeness heuristic is ____ .

____ is the tendency to focus on information that fits an individual’s beliefs , while rejecting information that goes against those belief…

Confirmation bias is the tendency to focus on ____ .

____ differentiates human intelligence into specific ' modalities ', rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general abili…

Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences differentiates human intelligence into ____ .

____ refers to the actual sound of speech.

Phonology refers to ____.

____ refers to the building blocks of words.

Morphology refers to ____.

____ refers to the meaning of words.

Semantics refers to ____.

____ refers to the rules dictating word order.

Syntax refers to ____.

____ refers to the way language delivery changes depending on context.

Pragmatics refers to ____.

The ____ of language states that language acquisition is innate .

The nativ ist theory of language states ____ .

The ____ of language states that language acquisition is controlled by operant conditioning and reinforcement by parents and caregivers.

The behaviorist theory of language states ____.

The ____ of language states that language acquisition is caused by a motivation to communicate and interact with others.

The social interactionist theory of language states ____.

The ____ states that the lens by which we view and interpret the world is created by language .

The Whorfian hypothesis, also known as linguistic relativity states that ____ .

____ produces speech.

Broca's area produces ____.

____ is in charge of language comprehension .

Wernicke’s area is in charge of ____ .

The ____ connects Broca’s area to the Wernicke’s area.

The arcuate fasciculus connects ____.

Difficulty producing speech is called ____.

____ is called Broca’s aphasia.

A lack of speech comprehension is called ____.

____ is called Wernicke’s aphasia.

Someone with c____an’t repeat words.

Someone with conduction aphasia can’t ____

____ is the state of being awake and thinking.

Alertness is the state of being a____.

An EEG shows ____ waves when alert or concentrating .

____ shows BETA waves when alert or concentrating .

An EEG shows BETA waves when ____.

An EEG shows ____ waves when awake but tired , eyes closed.

____ shows ALPHA waves when awake but tired , eyes closed.

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