Cracking the GRE Psychology Subject Test- Thinking Questions & Answers

Cracking the GRE Psychology Subject Test- Thinking Questions & Answers Cognitive Psychology - Answer-The study of thinking, processing, and reasoning. Concepts - Answer-How the relationship between two things is represented. We use these to organize our world. Hypotheses - Answer-Ideas used to test relationships and then to form concepts. Mental Set (Set) - Answer-The preconceived notion of how to look at a problem that may serve to help future problem solving. Schema - Answer-An organized bunch of knowledge based on prior experience that includes ideas about specific events or objects and the attributes of these events. New events and objects are categorized based on how they match the existing attributes the various categories. Scripts - Answer-Our conception of the sequence of events that typically occur in certain environments (i.e. restaurants, doctors' offices, the movies, etc...) Prototypes - Answer-Are the representative or typical type of event or object. Insight - Answer-Having a new perspective on an old problem. Convergent Thinking - Answer-Type of thinking used to find one solution to a problem. First defined by J.P. Guilford.