PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Availability Heuristic, Binge Drinking, Takers
11 Oct 2017
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Psychologists study how we use mental images, create concepts, solve often directed toward a goal, purpose, or conclusion. problems, and make decisions and form judgments. Building blocks of thought: picture-like , we scan mental images in a way that"s similar to how we scan . Of objects or events that are not physically. Representations images: kosslyn et al (1978, concepts, prototypes a. b, participants were asked to , when asked to mentally scan from location to location, more distant. Shorthand , economizing cognitive: concepts provide a kind of mental , often, we form concepts by developing prototypes, that is, mental images, prototypes can help us make better and faster decisions in . New of the best situations: we make judgments about a prototypical example more . Than non prototypical members of a category. i. Is this a car? easily : putting it all together, propositions. Ideas and concepts : example: psych 101 is fun. , knowledge structure.
