Thinking Problem solving and decision making

What are mental categories used to group similar things together?

• Concepts

• Schemas

• Prototypes

• Algorithms

What is a mental framework that helps organize and understand information, allowing us to anticipate situations based on past experiences?

• Prototypes

• Concepts

• Schemas

• Heuristics

When new information is incorporated into an existing mental framework without changing the framework itself, what cognitive process is occurring?

• Accommodation

• Generalization

• Assimilation

• Stereotyping

Which problem-solving method involves tackling a problem step-by-step in a systematic way, guaranteeing a solution but often taking more time?

• Heuristics

• Availability heuristic

• Algorithm

• Representativeness heuristic

Have you been taking notes in your packet over what you have watched so far?

• Yes

• No

What is the tendency to approach a problem in a way that has worked in the past, even if it's not the best solution for the current situation?

• Functional fixedness

• Mental set

• Schema

• Priming

Which phenomenon describes how exposure to one stimulus influences the response to a later stimulus?

• Mental set

• Framing

• Priming

• Functional fixedness

What is the incorrect belief that the likelihood of a random event changes based on previous outcomes?

• Sunk-cost fallacy

• Framing effect

• Gambler's fallacy

• Mental set

What limits a person to using an object only in its traditional way, hindering creative problem-solving?

• Divergent thinking

• Convergent thinking

• Functional fixedness

• Mental set