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Module Ten- Chapter Ten Essay Questions
Thinking is a cognitive process directed to understanding the world we live in. In broad terms,thinking is the application of human reason to solve "problems." Problem solving is behavior directed toward achieving a goal. Reasoning is either deductive or inductive and often involves the application of schemas to particular types of problems. Algorithms and heuristics are two categories of procedures people employ to solve problems. Heuristic thinking is open to biases that may lead to incorrect answers. One of the hallmarks that distinguishes an expert from a novice is that he or she has many more schemas to guide his or her problem solving. Creative problem solvers are able to generate novel solutions not constrained by convention or traditional approaches. More recently,computer models have been constructed to simulate human thought as an aid to our understanding.

Language is a conceptual tool, a code of visual-auditory symbols that denote concepts. Concepts and language provide a system a method of cognitive classification and organization. The two most-important roles language plays in human thought is as a tool of cognition and as a means of communication. Human language is symbolic, structured, and generative. Linguistics is the study of language and its rules. Language has both a surface structure and a deep structure. The surface structure consists of the way symbols are combined within a language. and the deep structure refers to the underlying meaning of the combined symbols. One of the most-striking child development changes is the transition from uttering seemingly meaningless sounds to using a complex language.Recent research reveals that congenitally deaf children raised by deaf parents and taught American Sign Language (ASL) from birth use signs in thinking and dreaming much the same way hearing children use sounds or spoken words.

Part One
Your task is to **choose one** of these questions listed below to research and write about. How do I choose my questions? You are to go select the page of the question you would like to answer. If there is no name next to the question you are to then select edit and enter your name next to the question and then save that page. **You may not select a question already chosen.** There are enough questions for every student to have one question. Choose early to get the question you want to write on. You are to research your answer and provide 2 web citations for references and one media object like a video or image. Media objects will need their own web citation. Most answers can be done in 50 to 100 words. Select your question from the navigation menu to the right. When you find your page with your question you may enter your answer by simply clicking the **Edit This Page** button at the top of Wiki page. **This part is worth 40 points.**


 * Listed below are the questions :**


 * 1) What are the different types, or modes, of thought? -
 * 2) What are the steps employed in problem solving? - Micah
 * 3) What is functional fixedness? - Angela
 * 4) Contrast algorithms and heuristics as problem-solving strategies. - Mackenzie
 * 5) What is the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning? - Brian
 * 6) What are the representativeness heuristic and availability heuristic? - Jane
 * 7) Describe the means/end analysis heuristic.- Karsten
 * 8) What is the relationship between incubation and insight? - Gloria
 * 9) What is "reasoning by analogy"? -
 * 10) What is the belief bias, and how can it affect our thinking? - David B
 * 11) Give an example of problem solving using imagery.-
 * 12) Explain what "symbolic," "structured," and "generative" mean in terms of language.-
 * 13) What happens during the babbling stage of language development? - David J
 * 14) Noam Chomsky argued that humans possess a language acquisition device (LAD). What is it? - Tayler
 * 15) What is the difference between a word-order syntax and a word-ending syntax? -
 * 16) What is the difference between communication and language? -
 * 17) What do proponents of Whorf's linguistic relativity hypothesis contend? -
 * 18) At what age does telegraphic speech begin, and what does it indicate? - Hee Ra
 * 19) As to communication, what factors affect how meaning is constructed in the mind? -
 * 20) What role does context play in language? -
 * 21) Will expanding your vocabulary affect how you think? - Melissa
 * 22) Give some examples of human nonverbal communication. - Hung Jie
 * 23) What might be some advantages of an auditory compared to a visual (gestural) language?-
 * 24) What is acculturation? -

Part Two:
You are to read every answer for every question. These are the questions from which I will select five questions for the module exam. I would suggest you copy and paste these into a document you can use to study with. You then are to visit **one** other student's question and answer page again. You are to leave comments and suggestions as to how the question could have been answered better and enter your name and the date commented. You are also to give **two examples** that either reinforce the answer presented or refute the answer. You must also give citations for references used. If someone else has chosen that student you must choose another student. This is part is worth **20 points**.

You are then to submit in this assignment a message with: **If you do not do this you will not receive a grade.**
 * 1) Your actual question.
 * 2) Your answer for the question.
 * 3) Your two source citations.
 * 4) Your media object and a citation for the media object.
 * 5) Your citations for resources used.
 * 6) The actual question of the person you responded to **and their name**
 * 7) Your response to their answer.
 * 8) Your citations for resources you used in your response.