I cannot give a good definition, so I will give examples of what I am talking about.
1. You anticipate what someone is about to say so you begin a response only to realize that it may or may not fit what was actually said to you.
2. You fill in letters that are not there and may not even notice that they are missing, such as when someone has a typo and omits a letter. Example: M*ry had a lit**e *amb. Though this was not a typo, most of us can automatically fill in the missing letters because we are familiar with the nursery rhyme.
I don't need this term for homework help. I am conducting educational research for students with learning disabilities (LD) and want to demonstrate the difficulties many face because their minds don't automatically fill in the blanks like those without learning disabilities. I'm not saying that all LD students have this challenge, but that many do.
Does anyone know of an online dictionary where you enter the definition and get the word?
2007-03-21 02:27:51 · 7 answers · asked by Deb 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
What you’re talking about clearly relates to cognition. And I believe that it to be the ability to inference at a ‘normal’ level. I would call your specific examples subjective perception. I’m 90% sure I’ve seen another specific term that describes what you are talking about, but I can’t remember it.
So my answer is cognitive inference.
2007-03-21 09:46:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called extrapolate.
You can download this online dictionary/thesaurus+ online.
It is called 1-Click Answers.
I have searched google for you & I think the link to download it should be
www.answers.com/main/product_info.jsp
Sounds like a marvelous job you are doing, 'On Ya!
2007-03-21 03:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have LDs and Ive got that problem! i dont know about in reading for example, but in socail ques or personality we use something called heuristics to draw inferences and fill in gaps.
2007-03-21 02:50:34 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Pictsy♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would that just be called making an assumption, or maybe an educated guess?
2007-03-21 02:38:18 · answer #4 · answered by Summer I 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up the word confabulation and see if it fits.
j
2007-03-21 02:42:42 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
funny, i had barely read your question when the term closure popped into my mind.
2007-03-21 02:47:45 · answer #6 · answered by veloxify 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is known as the principle of closure
2014-12-09 04:01:30 · answer #7 · answered by Tetteh Felix 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋