Cognitive Psychology Terms

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

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