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Announcements. Final returned Answer keys posted tonight (take home assignment, practice problems) No 10 th period SGI today (BUT yes 10 th period tomorrow). Do Now:. Anterograde vs retrograde amnesia Proactive vs retroactive interference.
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Announcements • Final returned • Answer keys posted tonight (take home assignment, practice problems) • No 10th period SGI today (BUT yes 10th period tomorrow)
Do Now: • Anterograde vs retrograde amnesia • Proactive vs retroactive interference
Language • Language Theories: • Chomsky: Language Acquisition Device • Whorf Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis • Language Acquisition Stages • Babbling • One word • Two Word • Overgeneralization
Availability Heuristic- judging a situation based on examples of similar situations that come to mind initiallyExample: plane crashes
Representative heuristic: Judging a situation based on how similar the aspects are to prototypes that person holds in his or her mind http://www.thetruckersreport.com/trucker.poems/
Mental set- falling into established thought patterns • Belief bias: illogical conclusions to confirm our beliefs • Belief perseverance: tendency NOT to change our beliefs (even when presented with contradicting evidence) • Confirmation Bias: search for evidence that confirms our beliefs • Framing
Divergent versus Convergent Thinking • Divergent= creative, multiple solutions • Convergent= problem solving
Piaget’s Stages of Development Sensorimotor: birth to two years explore world through sense object permanence Preoperational: 2-7 years Language ability Egocentric Concrete Operational (8-12 yrs) logic thought concepts of conservation Theory of Mind Formal Operational (12 to adulthood)