Print Options

Card layout: ?

← Back to notecard set|Easy Notecards home page

Instructions for Side by Side Printing
  1. Print the notecards
  2. Fold each page in half along the solid vertical line
  3. Cut out the notecards by cutting along each horizontal dotted line
  4. Optional: Glue, tape or staple the ends of each notecard together
  1. Verify Front of pages is selected for Viewing and print the front of the notecards
  2. Select Back of pages for Viewing and print the back of the notecards
    NOTE: Since the back of the pages are printed in reverse order (last page is printed first), keep the pages in the same order as they were after Step 1. Also, be sure to feed the pages in the same direction as you did in Step 1.
  3. Cut out the notecards by cutting along each horizontal and vertical dotted line
To print: Ctrl+PPrint as a list

26 notecards = 7 pages (4 cards per page)

Viewing:

AP Psychology Language and Cognition

front 1

Cognition

back 1

The mental processes involved in thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

front 2

Metacognition

back 2

Awareness and understanding of your own thought processes.

front 3

Concepts

back 3

Mental groupings of similar objects, events, or ideas.

front 4

Prototype

back 4

The best example or mental image of a category.

front 5

Schemas

back 5

Frameworks that organize and interpret information.

front 6

Assimilate

back 6

Interpret new experiences using existing schemas.

front 7

Accomadate

back 7

Adjust or create schemas to fit new information.

front 8

Creativity

back 8

The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.

front 9

Convergent

back 9

Thinking that narrows options to the single best answer.

front 10

Divergent

back 10

Thinking that generates many possible solutions.

front 11

Expertise

back 11

Specialized knowledge or skill in a particular area.

front 12

Intrinsic Motivation

back 12

Desire to perform a behavior for its own sake.

front 13

Executive Function

back 13

Higher-level cognitive processes like planning, decision-making, and self-control.

front 14

Algorithm

back 14

A step-by-step method that guarantees a solution.

front 15

Heuristic

back 15

A mental shortcut that speeds up problem-solving but risks error.

front 16

Insight

back 16

A sudden realization of a problem’s solution.

front 17

Confirmation Bias

back 17

Tendency to search for information that supports what we already believe.

front 18

Fixation

back 18

Inability to see a problem from a new perspective.

front 19

Mental Set

back 19

Tendency to approach problems using past strategies that worked.

front 20

Intuition

back 20

Automatic, effortless, immediate feeling or thought.

front 21

Representative Heuristic

back 21

Judging likelihood based on how closely something matches a prototype.

front 22

Availability Heuristic

back 22

Estimating likelihood based on how easily examples come to mind.

front 23

Overconfidence

back 23

Tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our judgments.

front 24

Belief Perseverence

back 24

Holding onto beliefs even after evidence disproves them.

front 25

Framing

back 25

The way information is presented, which can influence decisions.

front 26

Nudge

back 26

A subtle change in presentation or structure that guides behavior without forcing it.