Cognition, Memory, And Learning Flashcards
___ - The mental activity that is involved in understanding processing and communicating info
Thinking
Basic components of thinking
Symbol
Concept
___ - Basic component of thinking which is Something that stands for something else and allow us to think about things that may or may not be presenting
Symbol
____ - Component of thinking that is the Grouping of things such as objects events or the dead that have similar characteristics (ex: hierarchies)
Concept
Example of a _____ a dog can be under the concept of animal and mammal.
The ranking of members in groups based on their power or importance
Hierarchy
_____ - represents that particular concept and can be different for everyone (helps us categorize the world)
Prototype
_____ concept - one that is developed through one’s experiences
Natural concept
_____ concept - one that is defined by characteristics that are agreed upon (like geometric shapes)
Artificial concept
____ - mental construct consisting of a cluster of concepts (allows the brain to be more efficient / make assumptions on how to behave)
Schema
_____ Schema - our assumptions about how a person behaves or their personality based on their role (picturing a firefighter)
Role Schema
_____ Schema - the set of behaviors that we associate with certain events (routine)
Event Schema
____ thinking - thinking that is limited to available resources and facts (type of thinking in public schools, ex: multiple choice questions)
Convergent thinking
_____ thinking - allows our minds to associate more freely to various elements of a problem (thinking of creative solutions to a problem, ex: constructed response)
Divergent thinking
_____ - involves planning, evaluating, and maintaining mental activities (knowing how others think, knowing what a task requires and performing it)
Metacognition
