Across
- 1. methodical, logical rule/procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem
- 12. organized mental framework
- 13. all humans have the same building blocks for language, like nouns, verbs, subjects, and objects
- 14. coming up with new ideas
- 16. believing that everything has to be solved out mathematically/only one solution to every problem
- 20. the rules for coming words into grammatically right sentences
- 21. judging the likelihood of an event based on how well it matches an example (like a stereotype)
- 22. some concepts fit into a group because of their _______
- 23. the ability to produce language
- 24. learning the ABCs but just the letters and layout of words, shallow processing
- 25. claims that children possess an innate ability to learn and produce speech
- 26. the tendency to be influenced by a reference point
Down
- 2. the ability to receive language
- 3. combining words to make meanings (deep processing)
- 4. the way we communicate we communicate meanings with ourselves and others
- 5. smallest units of meaning in language
- 6. fear being overly scared, like a phobia
- 7. having a preoccupation of something/not being able to stop thinking about it
- 8. happens when children apply a grammar rule too widely (ex: she runned away from him)
- 9. believed that behaviors are responses to certain stimuli
- 10. breaking things down from broad to specific
- 11. believes language can describe more than just someone's culture
- 15. a mental image of best example in a category
- 17. one word phrases that babies make typically around 12 months
- 18. universal noises made by babies around 4 months, not household language
- 19. still having a belief even after it was discredited