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Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Brief Outline

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Brief Outline

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? –Well-Structured Problems: Heuristics and Algorithms –Ill-Structured Problems: Insight

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. –Ill-Structured Problems: Insight Draw straight lines through all the dots, using only four lines and without lifting the pencil or retracing. The Nine-Dot Problem

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. –Ill-Structured Problems: Insight Insightful Problem Solving

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. –Hindrances to Problem Solving –Aids to Problem Solving What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? –Well-Structured Problems: Heuristics and Algorithms –Ill-Structured Problems: Insight

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. –Aids to Problem Solving Positive Transfer

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. –Expertise: Knowledge and Problem Solving What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? –Well-Structured Problems: Heuristics and Algorithms –Ill-Structured Problems: Insight –Hindrances to Problem Solving –Aids to Problem Solving

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Brief Outline

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? –Decision-Making Strategies –Heuristics and Biases of Judgment

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Brief Outline

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Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Brief Outline

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Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Brief Outline

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? –Semantics: The Study of Meaning –Syntax: The Study of Structure

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Brief Outline

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? –Conversational Postulates –Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic Universals –Bilingualism

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. –Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic Universals A Color Hierarchy

Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. –Bilingualism How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? –Conversational Postulates –Linguistic Relativity and Linguistic Universals

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Copyright © 2000 by Harcourt, Inc. All rights reserved. Thought and Language What Is Problem Solving?What Is Problem Solving? What Are Judgment and Decision Making?What Are Judgment and Decision Making? What Is Reasoning?What Is Reasoning? What Is Language?What Is Language? How Do We Acquire Language?How Do We Acquire Language? How Do We Understand and Arrange Words?How Do We Understand and Arrange Words? How Do We Use Language in a Social Context?How Do We Use Language in a Social Context? Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language?Are Humans the Only Species to Use Language? Summary

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