Cognitive Psychology Vocabulary Review

(a)   a mental activity that goes on in the brain when a person is organizing and attempting to understand information and communicating information to others.

_____________ _______________ are mental representations that stand for objects or events and have a picture-like quality.

(a)  

(a)   are ideas that represent a class or category of objects, events, or activities.

Concepts that are defined by specific rules or features are known as ____________________ _____________.

(a)  

A concepts people form as a result of their experiences in the real world is known as a _______________ _______________.

(a)  

A (a)   is an example of a concept that closely matches the defining characteristics of a concept.

_____________ _______________ is the process of cognition that occurs when a goal must be reached by thinking and behaving in certain ways.

(a)  

The problem-solving method in which one possible solution after another is tried until a successful one is found often takes much time and is called ____________________ _________________.

(a)  

(a)   are very specific, step-by-step procedures for solving certain types of problems.

A (a)   an educated guess based on prior experiences that helps narrow down the possible solutions for a problem. Also known as a “rule of thumb.”