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Cognition & Intellig
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Metacognition | Thinking about our thinking |
| Prototype | a mental image or best example of a category |
| Schema | an Understanding |
| Assimilation | adding new experiences with familiar concepts to existing schemas |
| Accomodation | adapting our current schemas to incorporate new information |
| Executive Functioning | cognitive skills that work together |
| Heuristics | simple thinking strategy that allows judgement & solutions |
| Mental Set | tendency to approach a problem in one particular way |
| Representativeness Heuristic | judging likelihood of events in terms of how they match prototypes |
| Availability Heuristic | judging likelihood of events based on availability in memory |