Chapter 7: Thinking, Language, and Creativity

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Across
  1. 3. _______ heuristic: Unintentional stereotyping of someone/thing
  2. 5. _______ mindset: Abilities/talents are "fixed" and can't develop much
  3. 6. The best representation of a concept
  4. 8. (The acronym) The innate capacity to learn language
  5. 9. _______ mindset: Abilities/talents arise from practice and continuous development
  6. 10. The smallest unit of language that conveys some meaning
  7. 11. Linguistic _______: The idea that language influences how we think
  8. 13. _______ thinking: The ability to produce a correct or well-established answer to a problem
  9. 14. The ability to understand something immediately with no conscious reasoning needed
  10. 18. The set of rules used to convey meaning through the use of lexicon
  11. 19. Linguistic _______: The idea that language determines/confines how we think
  12. 20. _______ effect: Fixating on a single aspect of a situation while looking for a solution
  13. 21. _______ bias: Focusing on information that confirms existing beliefs
  14. 24. The process by which we derive meaning from language
Down
  1. 1. _______ thinking: The ability to arrive at unique or multiple solutions to a problem
  2. 2. A general problem-solving framework; a "rule of thumb"
  3. 4. _______ bias: The tendency to take personal credit for positive outcomes, but placing "blame" on external sources for negative outcomes
  4. 6. A basic sound unit of a given language
  5. 7. The use of language and how it is used
  6. 12. _______ heuristic: The decision is based upon a possibly faulty precedent or example
  7. 15. A person's subjective confidence/self-perception of their abilities is higher than they objectively are
  8. 16. Reacting to a choice/concept based on how it is presented
  9. 17. Persistent focus on something (Seen in Freud's psychosexual development theory)
  10. 22. The act/result of being aware of the inner nature of things
  11. 23. set Persisting in approaching a problem in a way that previously worked, but clearly isn't now