PSYCH 111 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Availability Heuristic, Linguistic Determinism, Linguistic Relativity

• School: U of M
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 111
• Professor: James Hoeffner

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Study guide/review sheet for exam 2: this study guide lists the most important terms and topics for each textbook chapter and lecture in order to help you focus your studying. Concepts: a mental grouping of similar things, events, and people that is used to remember and understand what things are, what they mean, and what categories or groups they belong to. Prototypes: 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 robin) Algorithms: a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier but also more error-prone use of heuristics. Heuristics: a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and. Creativity: robert sternberg and his colleagues believe creativity has five. Propositional representation: psychological theory, first developed in 1973 by.