PSYC 2000 Chapter : Ch 7 Cognition Outline
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Thinking (cognition)- mental activity that goes on in the brain when a person is processing info. Involves memory, sensation, perception, imagery, concept formation, reasoning, decision making, problem solving, and language. Three ways that we think (or forms of thought) include: mental imagery, concepts, language: mental imagery- mental representations that stand for objects or events that have a picture-like quality. Mental images are interacted with in similar ways as physical objects; mental images are very helpful for memory and for learning or maintaining motor skills. Concepts- mental category used to represent a class or group of objects, events, or activities that share common characteristics or attributes; contains the important features of the object (note. Be able to identify examples of levels and types of concepts: levels of concepts: Superordinate- most general form or highest in status of a type of concept. Basic an example of a type of concept around which other similar concepts are.
