Chapter 8 Thinking and Language

Unit of meaning in a language

• morhpeme
• phoneme
• semantics
• huristic

Rule of thumb, or shortcut, used to solve a problem

• morhpeme
• phoneme
• semantics
• huristic

Unit of sound in a language

• morhpeme
• phoneme
• semantics
• huristic

Thinking about only the available facts to solve a problem

• convergent thinking
• difference reduction
• divergent thinking
• overregularization

Tendency to think of an object as being used only for its usual purpose

• functional fixedness
• overextension
• incubation effect
• analogy

Allows a person to solve a problem wihtout consicously working on it

• functional fixedness
• overextension
• incubation effect
• analogy

Problem solving method that identifies goals and the steps needed to reach them

• convergent thinking
• difference reduction
• divergent thinking
• overregularization

An example that best represents a particular concept

• prototype
• overextension
• divergent thinking
• overregularization

Applying a language's regular rules of grammar to all words, including words that do not fit the rule

• prototype
• overextension
• divergent thinking
• overregularization

Following many leads and using brain storming to solve a problem

• prototype

• overextension

• divergent thinking

• overregularization