PSY 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Long-Term Memory, Cultural Bias, Tacit Knowledge
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The study of how we make decisions for better or for worse. A mental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common properties. Basic concepts - have a moderate number of instances and that are easier to acquire than those having few or many instances. Prototype an especially representative example of a concept. North have about 28 words (each describes it differently falling, fluffy, etc. ) Suggests that they have a better understanding of the concept about the world. Proposition a unit of meaning that is made up of concepts and. Cognitive schemas integrated mental network of knowledge, beliefs, and expectation concerning a particular topic or aspect of the world. Mental images mental representations that mirror or resemble the thing it represents (occurs in most sensory modalities) Reasoning taking concepts and cognitive schemas drawn from experiences and observations of the world and using them to reach conclusions.
