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

A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

A mental image or best example of a category.

<p>A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mental shortcut whereby people classify something according to how similar it is to a typical case.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Our tendency to believe we will perform better than we actually do.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The smallest distinctive sound unit in language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The basic unit of meaning in a language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The analysis of the meaning of language, especially of individual words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language rules that govern how words can be combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process of unconscious recombination of thought elements that results in novel ideas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Applying a grammatical rule too widely and creating incorrect forms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early vocabulary error where a word is applied too broadly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mental representation of the layout of one's environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When different answers are given to the same problem depending on how it is phrased.</p> Signup and view all the answers