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The Power of Concepts
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The Power of Concepts

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What is cognition?

  • The mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. (correct)
  • The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.
  • The mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people.
  • The process of solving problems using heuristics.

    • What are concepts?

  • The mental activities associated with thinking.
  • The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.
  • Mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, and people. (correct)
  • The process of solving problems using heuristics.

    • What is an algorithm?

  • A mental set that prevents us from taking a fresh perspective.
  • A sudden flash of inspiration that solves a problem.
  • A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees a solution to a problem. (correct)
  • A simpler strategy that is usually speedier than an algorithm but is also more error-prone.

    • What is a heuristic?

    <p>A simpler strategy that is usually speedier than an algorithm but is also more error-prone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is insight?

    <p>A sudden flash of inspiration that solves a problem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is confirmation bias?

    <p>A predisposition to verify rather than challenge our hypotheses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is fixation?

    <p>Mental set that may prevent us from taking the fresh perspective that would lead to a solution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is intuition?

    <p>An effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is belief perseverance?

    <p>When we cling to beliefs and ignore evidence that proves these are wrong.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is framing?

    <p>Sways decisions and judgments by influencing the way an issue is posed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is creativity?

    <p>The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is divergent thinking?

    <p>Expands the number of possible problem solutions (creative thinking that diverges in different directions).</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Cognition involves only mental activities associated with thinking.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Concepts are mental groupings of only similar objects.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Memory gradually shifts an item toward a category prototype after placing it in a category.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    An algorithm is a simpler strategy that is usually speedier than a heuristic.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Insight is a strategy-based solution that guarantees a solution to a problem.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Confirmation bias predisposes us to challenge rather than verify our hypotheses.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Fixation, such as mental set, may prevent us from taking the fresh perspective that would lead to a solution.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Intuition is an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Availability heuristics estimate event likelihood based on memory availability to make accurate judgments.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Overconfidence can impact decisions when confidence outweighs correctness.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Belief perseverance occurs when we cling to beliefs and ignore evidence that proves these are wrong.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Creativity is only supported by working memory.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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