12th AP®️ Psychology - Chapter 12
questions with well analyzed answers
Cognition ✅✅the mental activity associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
communicating
concepts ✅✅mental groupings of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
prototypes ✅✅Mental image of the best example of a specific concept or category
critical thinking ✅✅When we go beyond acquiring new information using cognitive
activities to develop opinions/beliefs about the information
convergent thinking ✅✅A question invites only one correct answer (multiple choice
tests)
divergent thinking ✅✅A question or problem can have several possible responses
(open-ended questions)
metacognition ✅✅The active control and awareness of our own thinking
Trial and Error ✅✅Trial and Error is testing multiple solutions until one provides the
desired result.
Algorithm ✅✅Logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a problem by
exploring every possibility
Heuristic ✅✅"Rules of thumb"; solve problems efficiently and quickly, but may lead to
incorrect outcomes
Insight ✅✅A sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem
sometimes after long exposure to it
Intuition ✅✅What we know without knowing how we know it (effortless, immediate,
automatic feeling that allows quick interpretation)
mindset ✅✅mental approach to problems and issues, often connected to the
psychological construct of intelligence
confirmation bias ✅✅the tendency to process info by looking for information
consistent with one's existing beliefs
questions with well analyzed answers
Cognition ✅✅the mental activity associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
communicating
concepts ✅✅mental groupings of similar objects, events, ideas, or people
prototypes ✅✅Mental image of the best example of a specific concept or category
critical thinking ✅✅When we go beyond acquiring new information using cognitive
activities to develop opinions/beliefs about the information
convergent thinking ✅✅A question invites only one correct answer (multiple choice
tests)
divergent thinking ✅✅A question or problem can have several possible responses
(open-ended questions)
metacognition ✅✅The active control and awareness of our own thinking
Trial and Error ✅✅Trial and Error is testing multiple solutions until one provides the
desired result.
Algorithm ✅✅Logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a problem by
exploring every possibility
Heuristic ✅✅"Rules of thumb"; solve problems efficiently and quickly, but may lead to
incorrect outcomes
Insight ✅✅A sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem
sometimes after long exposure to it
Intuition ✅✅What we know without knowing how we know it (effortless, immediate,
automatic feeling that allows quick interpretation)
mindset ✅✅mental approach to problems and issues, often connected to the
psychological construct of intelligence
confirmation bias ✅✅the tendency to process info by looking for information
consistent with one's existing beliefs
