1.Describe the "cognitive revolution" in psychology.
2.Summarize evidence on language acquisition in chimpanzees, and describe the Featured Study on Kanzi.
3.Outline the key properties of language and use these to reevaluate the ape-language controversy.
4. Describe the hierarchical structure of language.
5.Outline the development of human language during the first year.
6.Describe children's early use of single words and word combinations.
7.Compare and contrast the behaviorist, nativist, and interactionist perspectives on language acquisition.
8.Discuss culture and language and the status of the linguistic relativity hypothesis.
9.List and describe the three types of problems proposed by Greeno.
10.Describe four common barriers to effective problem solving.
11. List and describe five examples of general problem-solving strategies.
12. Summarize how experts and nov3-ces differ in their problem solving.
13. Discuss the relation between field independence and problem solving and cultural variations in cognitive style.
14.Compare the "additive" and "elimination by aspects" approaches to selecting an alternative.
15.Discuss conflict in decision making and the idea that one can think too much about a decision.
16.Explain the factors that individuals typically consider in risky decision making.
17.Describe the availability and representativeness heuristics and the effects of framing.
18.Explain how the chapter highlighted four of the text's unifying themes.
19.Describe some examples of flawed reasoning in decision making that reflect our use of the representativeness heuristic.
20.Describe our propensities to overestimate the improbable, seek confirming information, and overrate our confidence.
Unit Plans: Language and Thought (A) or (R)
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