Module 2.2a

Question 1

Cognition

Answer 1

All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

Question 2

Metacognition

Answer 2

Cognition about our cognition; keeping track of and evaluating our mental processes.

Question 3

Concept

Answer 3

A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people

Question 4

Prototype

Answer 4

A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories (as when comparing feathered creatures to a prototypical bird, such as a crow).

Question 5

Schema

Answer 5

A concept or framwork tha organizes and interprets information.

Question 6

Assimilation

Answer 6

Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas.

Question 7

Accommodation

Answer 7

Adapting our current schemas (understandings) to incorporate new information.

Question 8

Creativity

Answer 8

The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.

Question 9

Convergent Thinking

Answer 9

Narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

Question 10

Divergent Thinking

Answer 10

Expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions.