Unit 5A:thinking And Learning Flashcards
Autistic thinking
Preoccupation with inner thoughts do you dreams fantasies private logic egocentric subjective thinking locking objectivity in connection with external reality
Cognition
The mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating, and processing in understanding
Directed thinking
Thinking toward a specific goal reasoning that draws inferences; problem-solving
Reasoning
Logical process of an inductive or deductive nature use to draw conclusions from factor premise
Deductive reasoning and
A decision making process word choices are made based upon the results of previous choices and the critical observation of the results. Drawing conclusions from a general statement
Inductive reasoning and
A style of reasoning in which decisions are made and conclusions are reached by a process of analyzing available evidence and past experience. Making general inference from a specific observation
Metacognition
The active thinking about thinking or the combination of cognition. It is the ability to control your own thoughts
Concept
The mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people. The way of organizing the world around us
Types of concepts
Super ordinate: broad or large concepts such as food. Number two: basic: smaller or more specific concepts such as bread. Number three subordinate: even smaller and more specifics such as rye bread
typicality
Exhibiting the qualities, traits, or characteristics that identify a kind, class, group, or category. The degree an object fits the concept
Prototype
A mental image or best example of a category.
Images
A mental concept that we create in our minds of the outside world. They can be visual, tactile I’ll, auditory, old factory, and taste
Algorithms
A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problems. Contrast of the usually speedier but also more error-prone use of heuristics
Heuristic
A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier but also more error-prone then I’ll grill them as a heuristic is like a rule of thumb
Representative heuristic
Judging the likelihood of stupid because how well it fits the Proto type
Availability heuristic
Making a judgment on the availability of the memory
Insight
A sudden and often I will realization of the solution to a problem; it contrasts with strategy-based solutions
Convergent versus divergent thinking
Convergent thinking is logical and conventional thought that leads to a solution all divergent thinking is a thought process that uses thinking creatively
Confirmation bias and implicit assumptions
The tendency for a person to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions. Implicit assumptions: people assume there are rules limiting what they can do when no such rule exists
Fixation
The inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an impediment to problem-solving