Cognitive Psychology

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What is cognition?

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Cognition is thinking and encompasses processes like perception, knowledge, problem-solving, judgment, language, and memory.

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What are concepts in cognitive psychology?

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Concepts are categories of linguistic information, images, ideas, or memories used to see relationships among different elements of experience.

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What is a prototype?

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A prototype is the best example or representation of a concept.

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What are natural concepts?

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Natural concepts are created through direct or indirect experience, like our concept of snow.

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What are artificial concepts?

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Artificial concepts are defined by a specific set of characteristics, like the properties of geometric shapes.

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What is a schema?

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A schema is a mental construct consisting of a collection of related concepts.

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What is a role schema?

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A role schema makes assumptions about how individuals in certain roles will behave.

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What is an event schema?

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An event schema is a set of routine or automatic behaviors that dictate behavior and make habits difficult to break.

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What is language in cognitive psychology?

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Language is a communication system that uses words and systematic rules to transmit information from one individual to another.

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What is lexicon?

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Lexicon is the words of a given language.