Psychology 2000 LSU Tucker Exam 3
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Mental Images - ✔✔Mental representations that stand for objects or events and have a
picture-like quality
Concept - ✔✔ideas that represent a class or group of objects, events, or activities that
share common characteristics or attributes
Formal Concepts - ✔✔concepts formed by learning the specific rules of features that
define it (acquired in school) EX: A square
Natural Concepts - ✔✔concepts formed as a result of people's experience in the real
world (we form these concepts and a general set of features) EX: birds, fruits
Prototype - ✔✔An example that closely matches the defining characteristics (or
common features) of a concept
Prototypes develop according to.. - ✔✔the exposure a person has to objects in a
category, the knowledge a person has about objects in a category and the culture of a
person
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, Decision Making - ✔✔process of evaluating alternatives and choosing among them
Problem Solving - ✔✔the thoughts and actions required to achieve a certain goal
Trial and Error - ✔✔Mechanical Solution
One possible solution after another is tried until a successful one is found
Algorithms - ✔✔very specific, step-by-step procedures for solving problems and always
result in the correct answer (mathematical formulas)
Heuristic - ✔✔an educated guess based on prior experience that helps narrow down the
possible solutions for a problem ("Rule of Thumb")
Representativeness Heuristic - ✔✔Tendency to judge an event by the extent to which it
resembles the typical case (Older lady = perceive them to have granny-like qualities)
Availability Heuristic - ✔✔Estimating the frequency or likelihood based on how easy it
is to recall relevant info from memory or how easy it is to think of related examples
("pop into your head" if you've been recently thinking about it)
Functional Fixedness - ✔✔thinking about objects only in terms of their typical functions
Mental Set - ✔✔the tendency for people to persist in using problem-solving patterns
that have worked for them in the past
Confirmation Bias - ✔✔the tendency to search for evidence that fits one's beliefs while
ignoring any evidence that does not fit those beliefs (horoscopes)
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Mental Images - ✔✔Mental representations that stand for objects or events and have a
picture-like quality
Concept - ✔✔ideas that represent a class or group of objects, events, or activities that
share common characteristics or attributes
Formal Concepts - ✔✔concepts formed by learning the specific rules of features that
define it (acquired in school) EX: A square
Natural Concepts - ✔✔concepts formed as a result of people's experience in the real
world (we form these concepts and a general set of features) EX: birds, fruits
Prototype - ✔✔An example that closely matches the defining characteristics (or
common features) of a concept
Prototypes develop according to.. - ✔✔the exposure a person has to objects in a
category, the knowledge a person has about objects in a category and the culture of a
person
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, Decision Making - ✔✔process of evaluating alternatives and choosing among them
Problem Solving - ✔✔the thoughts and actions required to achieve a certain goal
Trial and Error - ✔✔Mechanical Solution
One possible solution after another is tried until a successful one is found
Algorithms - ✔✔very specific, step-by-step procedures for solving problems and always
result in the correct answer (mathematical formulas)
Heuristic - ✔✔an educated guess based on prior experience that helps narrow down the
possible solutions for a problem ("Rule of Thumb")
Representativeness Heuristic - ✔✔Tendency to judge an event by the extent to which it
resembles the typical case (Older lady = perceive them to have granny-like qualities)
Availability Heuristic - ✔✔Estimating the frequency or likelihood based on how easy it
is to recall relevant info from memory or how easy it is to think of related examples
("pop into your head" if you've been recently thinking about it)
Functional Fixedness - ✔✔thinking about objects only in terms of their typical functions
Mental Set - ✔✔the tendency for people to persist in using problem-solving patterns
that have worked for them in the past
Confirmation Bias - ✔✔the tendency to search for evidence that fits one's beliefs while
ignoring any evidence that does not fit those beliefs (horoscopes)
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