Cognition Flashcards
The tendency to see objects as only functioning in their usual way, like not realizing you can use a shoe as a hammer.
Functional Fixedness
Judging the likelihood of something based on how well it matches a prototype, like assuming someone is a librarian because they are quiet and wear glasses.
Representativeness Heuristic
The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas, like coming up with a new game to play with friends,
Creativity
The age level at which an individual performs intellectually.
Mental Age
Groups or classes of things that share common characteristics, like grouping animals into mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Categories
The extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure.
Validity
Generating multiple, unique solutions to a problem, like thinking of many uses for a paperclip.
Divergent Thinking
The degree to which a test measures the theoretical construct it is intended to measure.
Construct Validity
The actual age of an individual.
Chronological Age
Mental structures that help us organize and interpret information. In a classroom it would include desks and a teacher.
Schemas
