Across
- 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
Down
- 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