A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

• concepts

• schemas

• prototype

• assimilation

• accomodation

A concept or framework that organizes our past experiences and provides a framework for understanding future experiences.

• concepts

• schemas

• prototype

• assimilation

• accomodation

a mental image or best example of a category which provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories and can help organize unfamiliar items by finding an appropriate category

• concepts

• schemas

• prototype

• assimilation

• accomodation

a mental image or best example of a category which provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories and can help organize unfamiliar items by finding an appropriate category

• concepts

• schemas

• prototype

• assimilation

• accomodation

Refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

• cognition

• schemas

• prototype

• assimilation

• accomodation

Refers to skills that you use to manage everyday tasks like making plans, solving problems and adapting to new situations.

• Executive functioning

• schemas

• prototype

• assimilation

• accomodation

When you encounter a new animal, you try to find a place for it in your existing schema (_______). If you can’t do so, you alter your schema to include the new information (_______).

• assimilation; accommodation

• accommodation; assimilation

 A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees a solution to a problem.

• algorithm

• heuristic

A simple thinking strategy a shortcut that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently, but does not guarantee a solution.

• algorithm

• heuristic

The ability to know or understand something immediately, without conscious reasoning, often based on gut feelings or automatic thoughts, essentially making decisions based on an effortless, immediate feeling rather than systematic analysis.

• Intuition

• Representative Heuristic

• Availability Heuristic