2.2 Vocabulary Practice

already existing structures are changed to accommodate new information

• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic
• Convergent thinking

cognitive processes that allow individuals to generate, organize, plan, and carry out goal-direct behaviors and experience critical thinking.

• executive functions
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic

new information is incorporated into an already existing cognitive structure

• Assimilation
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Availability heuristic
• Convergent thinking

a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem._______________

• Algorithms
• Accommodation
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic
• Convergent thinking

estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common. ____________________________________

• Availability heuristic
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Convergent thinking

judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes; may lead us to ignore other relevant information. ____________________________________

• Representativeness heuristic
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic

a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently. ____________________________________

• Heuristics
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic

critical thinking in which an individual uses linear, logical steps to analyze a number of already formulated solutions to a problem to determine the correct one or the one that is most likely to be successful. ____________________________________

• Convergent thinking
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic

the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.____________________________________

• Creativity
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic

creative thinking in which an individual solves a problem or reaches a decision using strategies that deviate from commonly used or previously taught strategies; in early stages of creativity, quantity is more important than quality. ____________________________________

• Divergent thinking
• Accommodation
• Algorithms
• Assimilation
• Availability heuristic