cognitive part 2 Flashcards
Types of inferences
Retroactive: disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old info.
Proactive: Disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info.
Repression
Basic defense mechanism that banishes unwanted thoughts & emotions
Misinformation effect
Incorporating misleading info into ones memory of an event. (gossip)
Source Amnesia
Attributing the wrong source an event happened.
Schema
mental filters or map that organize our information about the world. Impacts perceptual sets.
Assimilation
Interpreting one’s new experience in terms of an existing schema.
Habituation
decrease in response to stimulus after repeated presentations.
Accomodation
Adapting one’s current understanding to incorporate new info.
Prototype
Graded categorization that some things may be greater than others.
Algorithm
Step-by-step procedures
Insight
Sudden occurrence of a solution to a problem.
Metacognition
Process used to plan, monitor and assess ones understanding & performance.
Heuristics
Problem-solving and decision-making strategy in which individuals or entities analyze previous results or experiences to get to a conclusion.
Representative heuristic
Relying on similar past events.
Availability heuristic
Relying on sources or information available.
Anchoring heuristic
Relying on the first bit of information
Affect heurisitc
Relying on instant emotions
Divergent thinking
Used to generate creative ideas by exploring many solutions.
Convergent Thinking
Solution to a problem can be deduced by applying rules and logical reasoning.
Confirmation Bias
Tendency to process information by looking for information that is consistent with one’s existing beliefs.
Mental set
Tendency to only see solutions that have worked in the past.
Functional Fixedness
Inability to realize that something can be used to perform other functions.
Overconfidence Bias
Overestimate their own abilities, be more confident than correct.
Belief perserverance
Cling one initial belief even after receiving new information that contradicts.
Framing Bias
A set of options is influenced by the presentation than the product.