Memory and Cogntion Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Used to describe categories that have unclear boundaries which can change over time
  2. 5. brain The hypothesis that the human brain has evolved, so that humans can maintain larger ingroups.
  3. 8. ground Information that is shared by people who engage in a conversation.
  4. 9. perception Perception of acoustic characteristics that vary continuously as distinct phoneme categories
  5. 10. The mental representation we form of categories
  6. 11. mental shortcut that saves time when solving a problem
  7. 13. An example in memory that is labeled as being in a paticular category
  8. 15. The difference in “goodness” of category members, ranging from the most typical (the prototype) to borderline members.
  9. 16. networks Networks of social relationships among individuals through which information can travel.
  10. 19. an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions.
  11. 21. relativity The hypothesis that the language that people use influences the way they think.
  12. 23. model A mental representation of an event, object, or situation constructed at the time of comprehending a linguistic description.
  13. 24. device any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory
Down
  1. 1. essentialism The belief that members of a category have an unseen property that causes them to be in the category and to have the properties associated with it.
  2. 3. fixedness inability to see an object as useful for any other use other than the one for which it was intended
  3. 4. The smallest units of meaning in a language
  4. 6. effects How speech sounds are influenced by neighboring speech sounds
  5. 7. The smallest unit of sound that makes a meaningful difference in a language
  6. 12. problem How to dissect a continuous speech signal into linguistically relevant units
  7. 14. set continually using an old solution to a problem without results
  8. 17. design constructing utterances to suit the audience's knowledge
  9. 18. problem-solving strategy characterized by a specific set of instructions
  10. 20. A set of objects that can be treated as equal in someway
  11. 22. A stimulus presented to a person reminds him or her about other ideas associated with the stimulus.
  12. 23. perception The process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted, and understood.