HW CH27

Question 0

Concept

Answer 0

Form of cognition

A mental grouping of similar ideas

Question 1

Cognition

Answer 1

All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

Question 2

Prototypes

Answer 2

How we form concepts
A mental image of best fit for a catigory
Ex. Robbin for bird

Question 3

Algorithms

Answer 3

Step-by-step process of solving a problem. Garinties solving a problem. Takes longer but is accurate.

Question 4

Heuristic

Answer 4

A simple way of thinking that allows us to solve problems quickly but not always correctly.

Question 5

Insight

Answer 5

A suden realization of a problems solution

Question 6

Confermation bias

Answer 6

A tendercy to search for information that supports our preconception

Question 7

Mental set

Answer 7

A tendency to approuch a problem in a particular way. A way that has been successful in the past.

Question 8

Availinity neurostic

Answer 8

Estimating the likelyhood of events based on their availibility in memory
Stariotyping

Question 9

Overconfidence

Answer 9

The tendecy to be mre cofident than correct overestimate our correctness

Question 10

Belief preservation

Answer 10

Clinging to ones initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited

Question 11

Framing

Answer 11

The way the issue is posed