Announcements Final returned Answer keys posted tonight (take home assignment, practice problems) No 10th period SGI today (BUT yes 10th period tomorrow)
Do Now: Anterograde vs retrograde amnesia Proactive vs retroactive interference
AIM: How can we review language, development, and emotion?
May 6, 2010 AP Psychology Review
Language Language Theories: Language Acquisition Stages Chomsky: Language Acquisition Device Whorf Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis Language Acquisition Stages Babbling One word Two Word Overgeneralization
Availability Heuristic- judging a situation based on examples of similar situations that come to mind initially Example: plane crashes
Representative heuristic: Judging a situation based on how similar the aspects are to prototypes that person holds in his or her mind http://www.thetruckersreport.com/trucker.poems/
Mental set- falling into established thought patterns Belief bias: illogical conclusions to confirm our beliefs Belief perseverance: tendency NOT to change our beliefs (even when presented with contradicting evidence) Confirmation Bias: search for evidence that confirms our beliefs Framing I believe most truck drivers are not interested in poetry, therefore I will conclude even Confirmation bias: tend to ignore evidence that does NOT support our beliefs
Divergent versus Convergent Thinking Divergent= creative, multiple solutions Convergent= problem solving
Piaget’s Stages of Development Sensorimotor: birth to two years explore world through sense object permanence Preoperational: 2-7 years Language ability Egocentric Concrete Operational (8-12 yrs) logic thought concepts of conservation Theory of Mind Formal Operational (12 to adulthood)