PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Cognitive Dissonance, Heritability, Stereotype Threat
12 Jul 2016
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Concept: a mental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common properties: ex. Golden retriever, cocker spaniel, border collie the concept of dog: concepts simplify/summarize information so we can make decisions quickly and efficiently. Basic concepts: have a moderate number of instances and that are easier to acquire than those having few or many instances. Propositions: units of meaning that are made up of concepts and express a single idea: they are linked together in complicated networks of knowledge, associations, beliefs, and expectations. Important in thinking and in the construction of cognitive schemas. Subconscious processes: mental processes occurring outside of conscious awareness but accessible to consciousness when necessary: allows for multi-tasking , although typically inefficient and hazardous for your health. You may feel as if a sudden revelation has popped in your mind from nowhere, but considerable nonconscious mental work has already occurred.
