PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Confirmation Bias, The Bell Curve, Intellectual Disability

• School: Towson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Heather Raley

Document Summary

Concept-mental grouping of similar objects, ideas or experiences. Concept hierarchy: starts with something simple and gets more advanced as levels increase. Cognitive maps-mental maps that represent reality; also effected by culture: ex. Students from chicago asked to draw map of the world vs. students in. Australia (viewed differently from where they are) (pg. Schema- cluster of related concepts that makeup a framework for thinking about a specific concept: used in expectations (where you are/your view), inferences (based on what you see), scripts (event that has expected sequence ex. Knowledge of actions expected to occur in a certain way in a particular setting. ), working backward (thinking about solution/end & how to get there). Mental set- respond to a new problem as you have to a problem in past. Functional fixedness-inability to see a new use for an object you are familiar with for another purpose. Connecting the 9 dots in a box with 3 lines, not lifting pencil.