1. Unit VII. Cognition College Board - “Acorn Book” Course Description 8-10%

4.  A. Memory  B. Language  C. Thinking  D. Problem Solving and Creativity Unit VII. Cognition

5.  Pay close attention as I go through a list of words Unit VII. Cognition

6.  BED Unit VII. Cognition

7.  QUILT Unit VII. Cognition

8.  DARK Unit VII. Cognition

9.  SILENCE Unit VII. Cognition

10.  FATIGUE Unit VII. Cognition

11.  CLOCK Unit VII. Cognition

12.  SNORING Unit VII. Cognition

13.  NIGHT Unit VII. Cognition

14.  TOSS Unit VII. Cognition

15.  TIRED Unit VII. Cognition

16.  NIGHT Unit VII. Cognition

17.  ARTICHOKE Unit VII. Cognition

18.  TURN Unit VII. Cognition

19.  NIGHT Unit VII. Cognition

20.  REST Unit VII. Cognition

21.  DREAM Unit VII. Cognition

22.  Now –  Write down as many of the words as you can recall. Unit VII. Cognition

23.  How many of you got the word BED?  Primacy effect  How many of you got the word DREAM?  Recency effect Unit VII. Cognition

24.  How many of you got the word ARTICHOKE?  Unusual or Distinctive  How many of you got the word NIGHT?  Rehearsal or repetition Unit VII. Cognition

25.  How many of you got both the word TOSS and the word TURN?  Chunking  How many of you got the word SLEEP?  How many of you remember it was on the list now? Unit VII. Cognition

26.  A Boeing 747 had just taken off from Miami International Airport for Los Angeles when a passenger near the rear of the aircraft announced that the plane was being take over by the People’s Revolutionary Army for the Liberation of the Oppressed. The hijacker then held a 357 Magnum to the head of Jack Swanson, a flight attendant, and forced him to open the cockpit door. There the hijacker confronted the pilot, Jane Randall, and ordered her to change course for Cuba. The pilot radioed the Miami Air Traffic Control Center to report the situation, but then suddenly hurled the microphone at the hijacker, who backed through the open cockpit door and fell onto the floor, where angry passengers took over from there. The plane landed in Miami a few minutes later and the hijacker was arrested. 

27.  Variations  Have students create their own rumor story.  Use a drawing or picture  Gordon Allport used this technique in his studies on Prejudice

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29.  Language – Symbols and Rules  Language is:  Symbolic  Semantic  Generative  Structured Unit VII. Cognition

30.  Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage, honor itch offer lodge, dock florist. Disk ladle gull orphan worry putty ladle rat cluck wetter putty ladle rat hut, end fur disk raisin pimple colder Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.

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32.  Phonemes- Smallest distinctive sound unit  Morphemes- Smallest unit that carries meaning  -ed, I, Pre, Undesirables=un-desir-able-s

33.  Grammar- A system of rules that enables communication.  Semantics-Set of rules we use to derive meaning from morphemes, words, and even sentences.  Syntax-Rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences in a given language.

34.  Babbling- (infantis- not speaking) 4-10 Mo.  One-word stage- 1-2 yrs. –one word carries meaning- “doggie”  Two-word stage- telegraphic speech “go car” using mostly nouns and verbs “send $”

35.  Trial and Error  Algorithms  Heuristics  Using Sub-goals  Working Backward Unit VII. Cognition

37.  Confirmation Bias  Fixation  Functional Fixedness  Mental Set Unit VII. Cognition

38.  Notice all the computations, theoretical scribblings, and lab equipment, Norm...  Yes curiosity killed these cats.” Unit VII. Cognition