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Chapter 8
PSH Exam 2 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Any mental activity or perceiving of information. | Thinking |
| Mental representation. | Concept |
| Clusters of interrelated concepts. | Categories |
| Ones that are defined by specific rules and features. | Formal Concepts |
| Ones that are formed based on people's experiences in the world. | Natural Concepts |
| Prototype= best example, average. Exemplars= the way humans categorize objects and ideas in psychology. | Graded Memberships |
| Obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something. | Cognitive Obstacles: Fixation |
| Framework for thinking about a problem. | Cognitive Obstacles: Mental Set |
| Limits a person to using an object only the way it is traditionally used. | Cognitive Obstacles: Functional Fixedness |
| Make snap decisions by calculating a variety of possible solutions and making an educated guess. "Fast and frugal" thinking. | Decision Making |