Module 34

Question 1

Cognition

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Concept

Answer 2

a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

Question 3

Prototype

Answer 3

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 robin).

Question 4

Creativity

Answer 4

the ability to produce new and valuable ideas.

Question 5

Convergent thinking

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Divergent thinking -

Answer 6

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