PSYCHOLOGY 9B UCI TEST 3 STUDY GUIDE (SOLVED) CORRECTLY TO SCORE A+
cognition - (answer)all the mental activities associated with thinking, including knowing, remembering,
solving problems, making judgments and decisions, and communicating
mental representation - (answer)an internal mental symbol that stands for some object, event, or state
of affairs in the world
concepts - (answer)a category, class, of related items; it consists of mental representations of those
items
prototype - (answer)a best example or average member of a concept that incorporate most of the
features commonly associated with it
superordinate - (answer)concepts that are abstract in nature and represent the highest level of
categorization
ex: furniture, fruit, animal
subordinate - (answer)concepts that are more specific within basic level concepts
ex: rocking chair, Granny Smith apple, hummingbird
basic level - (answer)broad concepts that include a lot of members yet their members still have a lot in
common
ex: chair, bed, sofa
algorithm - (answer)step-by-step procedures that guarantee a solution
insight - (answer)the sudden realization of a solution to a problem
, PSYCHOLOGY 9B UCI TEST 3 STUDY GUIDE (SOLVED) CORRECTLY TO SCORE A+
bounded rationality - (answer)the idea that rational decision making is constrained by limitations in
people's cognitive abilities, available info, and time
dual processing theory - (answer)a theory which states that there are two types of thinking: controlled
thinking and automatic thinking
the controlled system - (answer)type of thinking that is slower, more effortful, and leads to more
thoughtful rational outcomes
the automatic system - (answer)type of thinking that is fast, fairly effortless, and leads to decent
outcomes most of the time
heuristics - (answer)a mental shortcut that allows people to efficiently solve problems and make
judgements and decisions
representativeness heuristic - (answer)placing a person or object in a category if that person or object is
similar to one's prototype for that category
prototype model - (answer)A way of thinking about concepts: Within each category, there is a best
example—a prototype—for that category.
thinking - (answer)the mental manipulation of representations of knowledge about the world
analogical representation - (answer)mental representations that have some of the physical
characteristics of objects; they are analogous to the objects
symbolic representation - (answer)abstract mental representations that do not correspond to the
physical features of objects or ideas
cognition - (answer)all the mental activities associated with thinking, including knowing, remembering,
solving problems, making judgments and decisions, and communicating
mental representation - (answer)an internal mental symbol that stands for some object, event, or state
of affairs in the world
concepts - (answer)a category, class, of related items; it consists of mental representations of those
items
prototype - (answer)a best example or average member of a concept that incorporate most of the
features commonly associated with it
superordinate - (answer)concepts that are abstract in nature and represent the highest level of
categorization
ex: furniture, fruit, animal
subordinate - (answer)concepts that are more specific within basic level concepts
ex: rocking chair, Granny Smith apple, hummingbird
basic level - (answer)broad concepts that include a lot of members yet their members still have a lot in
common
ex: chair, bed, sofa
algorithm - (answer)step-by-step procedures that guarantee a solution
insight - (answer)the sudden realization of a solution to a problem
, PSYCHOLOGY 9B UCI TEST 3 STUDY GUIDE (SOLVED) CORRECTLY TO SCORE A+
bounded rationality - (answer)the idea that rational decision making is constrained by limitations in
people's cognitive abilities, available info, and time
dual processing theory - (answer)a theory which states that there are two types of thinking: controlled
thinking and automatic thinking
the controlled system - (answer)type of thinking that is slower, more effortful, and leads to more
thoughtful rational outcomes
the automatic system - (answer)type of thinking that is fast, fairly effortless, and leads to decent
outcomes most of the time
heuristics - (answer)a mental shortcut that allows people to efficiently solve problems and make
judgements and decisions
representativeness heuristic - (answer)placing a person or object in a category if that person or object is
similar to one's prototype for that category
prototype model - (answer)A way of thinking about concepts: Within each category, there is a best
example—a prototype—for that category.
thinking - (answer)the mental manipulation of representations of knowledge about the world
analogical representation - (answer)mental representations that have some of the physical
characteristics of objects; they are analogous to the objects
symbolic representation - (answer)abstract mental representations that do not correspond to the
physical features of objects or ideas
