AP Psychology: Unit 2: Cognition Vocabulary

What is the term for all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering?

• cognition
• attention
• perception
• perceptual set
• closure

What cognitive framework helps organize and interpret information?

• schema
• perceptual constancy
• context
• similarity
• monocular depth cues

What is a step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution to a problem?

• algorithm
• heuristic
• accommodation
• mental set
• schema

What term describes interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas?

• assimilation
• accommodation
• creativity
• decision-making
• prototype

What heuristic involves estimating the likelihood of events based on how easily they come to mind?

• availability heuristic
• representativeness heuristic
• sunk-cost fallacy
• divergent thinking
• critical thinking

What is a mental grouping of similar objects, events, or ideas?

• concept
• accommodation
• framing
• gambler's fallacy
• assimilation

What type of thinking narrows the available solutions to determine the best one?

• convergent thinking
• divergent thinking
• critical thinking
• heuristic
• functional fixedness

What term is defined as the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas?

• creativity
• algorithm
• concept
• assimilation
• executive functions

What kind of thinking expands the number of possible solutions?

• divergent thinking
• convergent thinking
• availability heuristic
• executive functions
• functional fixedness

What are higher-order cognitive processes involved in planning, decision-making, and regulation?

• executive functions
• heuristics
• priming
• concept
• sunk-cost fallacy