PSY 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Divergent Thinking, Confirmation Bias
22 Nov 2016
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Cognition: mental activity that goes on in the brain when a person is processing info. Mental imagery: representations that stand in for objects or events and have a picture-like quality. Insight: sudden perception of a solution to a problem: aha! moment. Functional fixedness: thinking about objects only in terms of their typical usage. Mental sets: tendency for people to continue to use problem solving patterns that have worked in the past. Confirmation bias: tendency to search for evidence that fits one"s belief while ignoring any evidence to the contrary. Decision making: identifying, evaluating, and choosing among several alternatives: heuristic: educated guess based on prior experiences that helps narrow down the possible solutions for a problem (rule of thumb) Representative heuristic: any object sharing characteristics with the members of particular category is also a member of that category: stereotypes. Creativity: the process of solving problems by combining ideas or behavior in new ways.
