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Cognitive Psychology Glossary S II

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This deck covers key terms and concepts in cognitive psychology, focusing on structuralism, intelligence models, probability, utility, and language structure.

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structuralism

seeks to understand the structure of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing them into their constituent components
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Definition
structuralism
seeks to understand the structure of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing them into their constituent components
structure-of-intellect (SOI)
Guilford’s model for a three-dimensional structure of intelligence, embracing various contents, operations and products of intelligence
subjective probability
calculation based on individual’s estimate of likelihood
subjective utility
calculation based on individual’s calculation of utility
surface structure
a level of syntactic analysis that involves the specific syntactical sequence of words in a sentence
syllogisms
deductive arguments that involve drawing conclusions from two premises
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Cognitive Psychology Glossary S II
TermDefinition
structuralism
seeks to understand the structure of the mind and its perceptions by analyzing them into their constituent components
structure-of-intellect (SOI)
Guilford’s model for a three-dimensional structure of intelligence, embracing various contents, operations and products of intelligence
subjective probability
calculation based on individual’s estimate of likelihood
subjective utility
calculation based on individual’s calculation of utility
surface structure
a level of syntactic analysis that involves the specific syntactical sequence of words in a sentence
syllogisms
deductive arguments that involve drawing conclusions from two premises
symbolic representation
meaning that the relationship btw the word and what it represents is arbitrary
syntax
referes to the way users of a particular language put together words to form sentences
synthesis
putting together elements to arrange them into something useful