Flashcards in psychology test 3 Deck (14)
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Mental image
A mental representation of objects or events that are not physically present
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Concept
A mental category of objects or ideas based on property they share
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Formal concept
A mental category and that is formed by learning the rules or features that define it
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Natural concept
A mental category that is formed as a result of every day experiences
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Prototype
The most typical instances of a particular concept
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Insight
The sudden realization of how a problem can be solved
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Intuition
Coming to a conclusion or making a judgment without conscious awareness of the thought process involved
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Functional fixedness
The tendency to view objects of function only in their usual or custom ways
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Mental set
The tendency to persist in solving problems with the solution that have worked in the past
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Availability heuristic
If strategy in which the likelihood of event if estimated on the biases of how readily available other instances of the event are in memory r
For example we are afraid of flying or getting bitten by a shark rather than dying of a car accident or heart attack
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Representativeness heuristics
It strategy in which the likelihood of an event is estimated by the comparing how similar it is to the Proto type of the event
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The single feature model
In order to simplify the choice among many alternative you beef your decision on the single feature
For example when buying laundry detergent you please your decision one feature such a price and buy the cheapest one
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The additive model
And this model you first generate a list the factors that are most important to you then you rate each alternative for each factor using an arbitrary scale
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