What is cognition?
The process of acquiring knowledge and storing it
What is Schema?
A collection of related concepts or ideas
How do we organize information? What do we use?
Schema or Schemata
What are Phonemes?
Sounds that are building blocks of language
What are Morphemes?
The smallest meaningful part of language (sometimes words)
What is Syntax?
How words need to be arranged in order to make sentences.
Does language influence thought?
Yes
What are algorithms?
Step by Step solving problem procedures
What are heuristics?
Mental strategies or shortcuts used to solve problems
What is Anchoring?
Focusing too heavily on an initial piece of information when trying to make a decision
What is confirmation bias?
Focusing only on information that confirms your existing beliefs
What is Hindsight Bias?
The belief that something which happened was predictable, even though it wasn’t
Representativeness bias?
Overestimating outcomes based on similarity of something to a prototype or schema (Focusing on a sterotype basically)
What is availability Bias?
Judging How likely something is to happen based off of how easily examples come to mind
