Ch 1: Thinking About Thinking Flashcards
1
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Intelligence analysis
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A mental process
2
Q
understanding the intelligence analysis process
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hindered by lack of conscious awareness of workings of our own minds
3
Q
thinking analytically
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skill like carpentry or driving a car
4
Q
motivation
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one key to successful learning
5
Q
Herbet Simon
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First advanced the theory of bounded rationality
6
Q
bounded or limited rationality
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Because of the limits of the human mind, the mind cannot cope with the complexities of life
7
Q
Result of bounded rationality
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We construct a simplified mental model of reality and work from that model
8
Q
sensory input mediated by complex mental processes
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determine:
(1) Which information is attended to
(2) how it is organized
(3) what meaning is attributed to it
