PYB102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex, Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic

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Thinking means manipulating mental representations for a purpose. Mental images are visual representations inside our heads. We create mental models as representations which help explain, describe or predict the way things work. A concept is a mental representation of a class of objects, ideas or events that share similar properties. Categorisation is the process of identifying an object as an instance of a category. People sometimes categorise objects by comparing them with a list of defining features, however people typically categorise rapidly by judging their similarity to prototypes abstract representations of a category stored in memory. Superordinate a broader level where members of a category share few features, for example mammal". Subordinate a more specific level where particular traits of objects are shared, for example. Basic the most common understanding at a basic and inclusive level where members of the category share features which are most distinctive of the concept, for example dog".

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