Unit 2A cognition/memory

Question 1

Metacognition

Answer 1

Thinking about thinking

Question 2

concepts

Answer 2

mental groupings of similar objects/things

Question 3

prototype

Answer 3

Mental image or best example of a category (ex. the doggiest dog)

Question 4

Schema

Answer 4

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information (ex. when you think of a house you imagine a something out of a kids book four window front door etc)

Question 5

Assimilation

Answer 5

interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas (Ex. a kid who sees a new spieces a dog immedatidltly calls it a dog assimilating it to the existing concept / schema of cannines.)

Question 6

Accomodation

Answer 6

adapting current schemas to incorporate new informartion

Question 7

what does creativity require

Answer 7

expertise, imaginative thinking, venturesome personality, intristic motivation, creative enviorment

Question 8

convergent thinking

Answer 8

Narrowing solution to determine the best one

Question 9

divergent thinking

Answer 9

expanding possible solutions to a problem

Question 10

functional fixedness ( tied in with divergent thinking)

Answer 10

Prior experiences inhibit ability to find creative solution ( people don’t first think that you can use a wrench to put a nail in wood only a hammer)

Question 11

Algorithms (Problem solving)

Answer 11

Guarantee solution, time consuming, more precise (Baking)

Question 12

Heuristics

Answer 12

Short cuts, simple thinking strategy, can be correct (cooking)

Question 13

insight

Answer 13

Sudden realization of the solution to the problem

Question 14

Confirmation bias

Answer 14

Only paying attention to information that validates your views and ignoring what doesnt

Question 15

Fixation

Answer 15

Inability to see a problem from a new perspective

Question 16

Mental Set

Answer 16

Tendency to approach a problem in a way that worked before

Question 17

Working Memory

Question 18

Explicit Memory

Question 19

Effortful Processing

Question 20

Automatic Processing

Question 21

Implicit Memory

Question 22

Ionic Memory

Question 23

Echoic Memory

Question 24

Chunking

Question 25

Mnemonic

Question 26

Spacing Effect

Question 27

Testing Effect

Question 28

Shallow processing

Question 29

Deep processing