Psych 2 Thinking & Intelligence Vocab. Quiz Review

A statement of relation between concepts.

• Rule

• Prototype

• Concept

A label for a class of objects or events that have at least one attribute in common.

• Rule

• Prototype

• Concept

A representative example of a concept.

• Rule

• Prototype

• Concept

Changing and reorganizing the information stored in memory to create new information.

• Thinking

• Image

• Symbol

A visual, mental representation of an event or object.

• Thinking

• Image

• Symbol

An abstract unit of thought that represents an object or quality; anything that stands for or represents something else.

• Thinking

• Image

• Symbol

The awareness of or thinking about one’s own cognitive processes.

• Metacognition

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

A rule-of-thumb problem-solving strategy.

• Metacognition

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

A step-by-step procedure for solving a problem.

• Metacognition

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

The inability to imagine new uses for familiar objects.

• Mental set

• Functional fixedness

• Creativity