PSYC 1200 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Basal Metabolic Rate, Homeostasis, Orgasm

• School: Douglas College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Parhar, Karenjit Kaur

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9. 1 cognition: all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. concept: a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people. prototype: a mental image or best example of a category. A quick and easy method for sorting items into categories. Problem solving through: heuristics: heuristic: a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments, trial and error, algorithm: a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier but also more error-prone use of realization of a problem(cid:495)s solution; contrasts with strategy-based solutions. and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone than algorithms: insight: abrupt, true-seeming, and often satisfying solution. Think 3d! confirmation bias: a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence. Anything that makes information (cid:498)pop(cid:499) into mind its vividness, recency, or distinctiveness can make it seem commonplace.