Cognition

thinking, including perception, learning, problem solving, judgment, and memory

• Schema

• Prototype

• Concept

• Cognition

mental groupings that are created “naturally” through your experiences (like snow).

• Algorithm

• Artificial Concept

• Natural Concept

• Heuristic

memory, thinking, problem solving, language

• psychology

• cognition

• psychiatry

part of brain most involved with memory

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• cerebellum

The Unit 4 test is next class but you feel like this unit has been pretty easy and decide not to study until the night before. This is due to:

• overconfidence

• heuristic

• framing

• representative heuristic

• insight learning

Assuming someone wearing a suit is a lawyer because of how they look is an example of:

• intuition

• algorithm

• representative heuristic

• functional fixedness

Thinking a quiet, studious person is more likely to be a librarian than a salesperson demonstrates:

• availability heuristic

• mental set

• representative heuristic

• functional fixedness

The process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses is known as:

• A) Perception

• B) Cognition

• C) Emotion

• D) Intuition

Which of the following is a mental process involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension?

• A) Cognition

• B) Emotion

• C) Sensation

• D) Perception

The ability to use knowledge, experience, and understanding to solve problems is referred to as:

• A) Cognition

• B) Emotion

• C) Intuition

• D) Perception