PSYC 2000 Chapter : Cognition Chapter 7
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Is the mental activity that goes on in your brain when you process information. Mental images: representations (in your mind) that stand in for objects or events, have a picture-like quality, takes longer to view a ___larger___ mental image than a. __smaller____ one: eg: how many windows are in your house, how many windows are in your dorm (is a smaller mental image, people can mentally rotate images (or navigate) Mental categories that lead to group objectives, characteristics: examples: fruit (but all fit in this concept). Most specific categories of a concept: examples: pitbull, green apple. Representation of the best member of a concept. Typical example you will think of: example: sports football. Fruit apple: cultures matter in prototypes, sports soccer. Problem solving: the mental process of: finding an appropriate way to attain a goal when the goal is not available. (figure it out, how good are we at problem solving, class example: 2 volunteers.
