Questions are due on Thursday, February 10th
Language
1. What is the difference between phonemes and morphemes? Give one example of a phoneme and one of a morpheme.
2. What is the relationships between syntax and grammar?
3. A young child says "I goed to the store" instead of "I went to the store." Explain the child's error.
4. Explain the stages of language development and provide examples (e.g., babbling, holophrase/one-word stage, and telegraphic speech/two-word stage)
5. What is a language acquisition device?
Thinking and Problem Solving
1. Describe Benjamin Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis. (You may need to look this one up)
2. Define algorithm.
3. What is a heuristic? Give an example.
4. What is the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?
Obstacles to Problem Solving
1. What is fixation and why is it an obstacle to problem solving?
2. Describe the relationship among the concepts of fixation, mental set, and functional fixedness.
3. Define availability heuristics and representative heuristics. Why are these things obstacles to problem solving?
4. How does framing pose an obstacle to problem solving?
5. What is anchoring effect? Give a real life example of this obstacle.
Biases
1. Define and provide your own examples for the following:
A. confirmation bias
B. belief perseverance
C. hindsight bias
D. overconfidence bias
Creativity
1. What is creativity?
2. What is the difference between convergent and divergent thinkers?
3. How does brainstorming aide creativity?
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