Fickey-Thinking and Language

A child's early speech using mostly nouns and verbs, no extra words-example "go car"

This linguist believes that we have an inborn universal grammar, we are pre-wired for language

Who won the Super Bowl?

The inability to see a problem from a new perspective 

Various sounds made by babies starting around 3-4 months

Smallest unit of sound in a language

Rules by which we derive meaning from morphemes, words, and sentences in a language

Tendency to seek information that already supports our preconceptions & ignore info that refute

This type of reasoning involves reasoning from specific to the general, (building)

A faster way to solve problems but more prone to error

The smallest unit of language that conveys meaning

A tendency to falsely report, after the event, that we correctly predicted the outcome 

A mental image or best example that incorporates all the features of a category

This is a methodical, logical procedure to solve an issue but slow (almost guarantees success)

The science of designing computer systems to simulate human thought processes

Sudden or novel realization of a solution to a problem

The way we present information- "ground beef is 75% lean rather than 25% fat" is an example of 

The rules of combining words into grammatically correct sentences for any given language

The mental activity associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating

The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of one's beliefs or judgments