PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Divergent Thinking, Functional Fixedness, Convergent Thinking
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Mental activity for organizing, understanding, and communicating. Schemas: dog meet more and more and expand knowledge. Idea that represents category of objects, events, or activities. Form as a result of real-world experiences (fuzziness) Example of a concept that closely matches the defining characteristics of a concept. Cognition used to reach a goal thinking/behaving in certain ways. Attempting one solution after another is tried until successful. Guesses based on experience ( rule of thumb ) Estimating the likelihood of an event based on how easily you can recall examples of it, or relevant information. Think of things similar to solve the problem. Assuming that a person or thing sharing characteristics with members of a category is also a member of that category. Evaluating the difference between a goal and the present situation, and then taking steps to reduce that difference. The sudden perception of a solution to a problem ( aha! moment)
