Module 34 - Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity Flashcards
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Cognition
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All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
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Concepts
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A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
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Prototypes
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A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories
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Creativity
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The ability to produce new and valuable ideas
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Convergent thinking
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Narrowing a problem’s solutions down to the single best one
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Divergent thinking
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Creative thinking where one thinks in novel ways and considers many different options
