Cognitive Psychology Terms
Across
- 5. Type of motivation that comes from within
- 8. Memory strategy that relies on mental pictures
- 10. Neurologist who discovered the brain area that may be implicated in speech comprehension
- 11. ASAP; YOLO; LOL; BAE
- 12. The process of thinking about thinking
- 14. Procedure that induces temporary brain lesion, for short
- 17. “Lightbulb” effect
- 18. A feeling of knowing, for short
- 21. Solving strategy that would likely make this crossword puzzle take forever to finish
- 22. A type of heuristic that guides thought patterns
- 25. Aspect of language design that allows humans to create infinite words from 26 letters
Down
- 1. Strategy that transforms ABCCSIUMDNFL into four units
- 2. Disorder that inhibits one’s ability to express and understand speech
- 3. Surprising, original, and useful
- 4. The alternative uses task promotes this type of thinking
- 6. Why “Toyota” is interpreted as a car instead of a small Star Wars character
- 7. The relationship between words that creates meaningful sentences
- 9. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally, as an example
- 13. A glorified comparison
- 15. Dog is to basic as beagle is to ______
- 16. Characterized by a beginning state, a goal to be reached, and challenges along the way
- 19. Fundamental elements of speech
- 20. This horse can’t actually do math, but is very sensitive to his trainer’s and audience’s expectations
- 23. Car types; shoe brands; animals; fruits
- 24. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; a specific kind of creativity