Cognitive Psychology Concepts

noun a discrepancy or difference

adjective showing a discrepancy; inconsistent or differing

• The data from the two sources showed discrepant results, indicating a potential error in one of the datasets.
• The numbers don't match up between the two reports, there seems to be something discrepant going on.
• There's something fishy about the discrepant numbers, they just don't add up.
• Her actions and words were discrepant, like two puzzle pieces that don't fit together.

noun a collection or gathering of people or things

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• The grouping of students was based on their academic performance.
• We're thinking of grouping together for the project.
• Let's do a group-up for the party this weekend.
• The grouping of colors in the painting created a harmonious effect.

noun a memorizing process using routine or repetition

adjective learned or repeated mechanically without full understanding

• The students memorized the information through rote learning.
• She learned the dance routine through rote practice.
• He aced the test by rote memorization.
• The actor delivered his lines with rote precision.

noun a gambling game in which a small object is placed under one of three shells or cups, which are then moved around quickly and the player must guess which one it is under

• The con artist was caught running a shell game on the streets of the city.
• I heard there's a guy doing a shell game down at the boardwalk.
• Don't fall for that shell game, it's a total scam.
• The political debate felt like a shell game, with each candidate trying to deceive the audience.

noun a person's internal mental dictionary that contains information about words and their meanings

• The mental lexicon is the storage system in our brain where we store words and their meanings.
• I'm trying to expand my mental lexicon by learning new words every day.
• My mental lexicon is full of all the latest slang terms and expressions.
• His mental lexicon was like a well-organized library, with each word neatly categorized and easily accessible.

noun a false or misleading belief about the brain and its functions, often based on misinterpretation of neuroscience research

• Many educators believe that the idea of learning styles is a neuromyth that has been debunked by research.
• Some people think that the concept of multitasking is a neuromyth, meaning it's not really true.
• Don't fall for the neuromyth that you can only use 10% of your brain - it's completely false.
• The belief that left-brained people are more logical and right-brained people are more creative is a neuromyth that oversimplifies the complexity of the brain.

noun the process of learning something to the point of automaticity or mastery

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• Overlearning refers to the process of practicing a skill or concept beyond the point of mastery.
• I think I might be overlearning this material, I've been studying it for hours.
• Dude, you're totally overlearning this, just give it a rest and come back to it later.
• Sometimes we can overlearn our past mistakes, preventing us from moving forward in life.

noun a term that combines 'neuro' from neuroscience and 'cinematics' from cinematography, referring to the study of brain activity in response to film or video stimuli

• Neurocinematics is a field of study that combines neuroscience with cinematography to understand how the brain processes film and visual media.
• I read an interesting article about neurocinematics and how our brains react to movies.
• Have you heard about that cool new thing called neurocinematics? It's all about studying how our brains respond to movies.
• The director used neurocinematics techniques to create a truly immersive viewing experience for the audience.

noun the result of affricating a sound

• Affrication is a phonological process where a stop consonant becomes an affricate.
• I learned about affrication in my linguistics class.
• Some people find affrication to be a bit tricky to understand.
• The affrication of his speech added a unique flair to his storytelling.