cognition about our cognition; keeping track of and evaluating our mental processes.

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

a mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories (as when comparing feathered creatures to a prototypical bird, such as a crow).

a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.

interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas.

in developmental psychology, adapting our current schemas (understandings) to incorporate new information.

the ability to produce new and valuable ideas.

narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions.

To find the best route to work, Vlad identified all routes and eliminated options one-by-one. Which of the following did Vlad use?

When asked to think of a ball, Carlos quickly thought of images of baseballs, basketballs, and footballs. Which psychological concept best applies to this scenario?

Your teacher asks how many uses you can think of for a pencil. She is testing your