Thinking & Language

2. sudden understanding
5. ability to speak two languages
6. Trial and _______, a type of problem solving
11. units of meaning within language, how a word is made
14. category of objects, people or events that share similar characteristics
15. using info to reach a conclusion
16. __________ effect = arriving at a solution without actively trying to solve the problem
17. __________ pairs = occurs when you have two words that are separated by a single phoneme
18. elements of language that make up the sounds
19. ________ fixedness = tendency to think that an object is only useful for what it is usually used for
20. how words are arranged to form sentences

1. mental activity that is involved in the understanding, processing and communicating of information
3. similarity between two or more items, events, or situations
4. type of problem solving that may use formulas and always leads to the solution
7. involves the study of meaning within language
8. ______ set = problem solving obstacle,tendency to solve a problem in a way that has been successful in the past
9. type of problem solving that usually finds the solutions, e.g. using shortcuts
10. original model on which others in the same category are patterned
12. difference _____________, a way to problem solve by identifying a goal and what we need to do to reach it
13. increases in children when they are read to
20. within thinking, an object or an act that stands for something else