7.1 Thinking

A branch of psychology that focuses on thinking, problem solving use of language

• Cognitive Psychology

• Thinking

• Mental image

• Concepts

The process of mentally representing information and maintaining these representations.

• Cognitive Psychology

• Thinking

• Mental image

• Concepts

1. A mental picture or representation, usually visual.

• Cognitive Psychology

• Thinking

• Mental image

• Concepts

Mental categories for classifying events, objects and ideas on the basis of their common features.

• Cognitive Psychology

• Thinking

• Mental image

• Concepts

1. Concepts with clearly defined rules for membership.

• Logical concepts

• Natural concepts

• Problem solving

• Algorithm

1. Concepts we use that don’t rely strict set of rules to follow to figure out how they are used 

• Logical concepts

• Natural concepts

• Problem solving

• Algorithm

1. A type of thinking where the attempt is simply to find the “ correct answer”.

• Logical concepts

• Natural concepts

• Problem solving

• Algorithm

1. A set of step by step set rules for solving a problem.

• Logical concepts

• Natural concepts

• Problem solving

• Algorithm

A rule of thumb used to solve or make decisions.

• Heuristics

• Mental set

• Decision making

• Confirmation bias

1. The tendency to rely on strategies that worked in similar situations in the past but that may not to the present situation.

• Heuristics

• Mental set

• Decision making

• Confirmation bias