PSYC 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Divergent Thinking, Motivation, Convergent Thinking
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Psyc 1 textbook notes module 27: thinking. Cognition: all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, communicating. Concepts: mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, people. Prototypes: mental image/best example of a category; quick and easy way to sort things into categories. Algorithms: methodical, logical role/procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Heuristics: simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently. Confirmation bias: tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore/distort contradictory evidence. Mental set: tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past. Availability heuristic: estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind, we presume such events are common. Belief perseverance: clinging to one"s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited.
