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| The degree to which a person is socially and psychologically integrated into a new culture. |
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| The formation of a new conditioned response tendency. |
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| A methodical, step-by-step procedure for trying all possible alternatives in searching for a solution to a problem. |
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| Alternative outcomes effect |
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| Phenomenon that occurs when people's belief about whether an outcome will occur changes depending on how alternative outcomes are distributed, even though the assumed probability of the alternative outcomes is held constant. |
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| Basing the estimated probability of an event on the ease with which relevant instances come to mind. |
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| Any overt (observable) response or activity by an organism. |
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| The tendency to hang onto beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence. |
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| The acquisition of two languages that use different speech sounds, vocabularies, and grammatical rules. |
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| The tendency to seek information that supports one's decisions and beliefs while ignoring disconfirming information. |
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| An error that occurs when people estimate that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone. |
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| The process of evaluating alternatives and making choices among them. |
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| The premise that knowledge should be acquired through observation. |
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| The process by which children map a word onto an underlying concept after only one exposure to the word. |
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| Field dependence-independence |
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| Individuals' tendency to rely primarily on external versus internal frames of reference when orienting themselves in space. |
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| How issues are posed or how choices are structured. |
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| The tendency to perceive an item only in terms of its most common use. |
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| The belief that the odds of a chance event increase if the event hasn't occurred recently. |
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| A strategy, guiding principle, or rule of thumb used in solving problems or making decisions. |
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| In problem solving, the sudden discovery of the correct solution following incorrect attempts based primarily on trial and error. |
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| Psychological tests that measure general mental ability. |
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| A set of symbols that convey meaning, and rules for combining those symbols, that can be used to generate an infinite variety of messages. |
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| Language Acquisition Device (LAD) |
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| An innate mechanism or process that facilitates the learning of language. |
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| The theory that one's language determines the nature of one's thought. |
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