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    Cognition involves mental processes like thinking, organizing information, and forming mental images and concepts. Thinking occurs in the brain and involves trial and error to reach goals. Concepts represent categories and come in different levels of generality from very broad superordinate concepts to very specific subordinate concepts. Problem solving requires cognition to evaluate situations and make decisions.

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    Cognition involves mental processes like thinking, organizing information, and forming mental images and concepts. Thinking occurs in the brain and involves trial and error to reach goals. Concepts represent categories and come in different levels of generality from very broad superordinate concepts to very specific subordinate concepts. Problem solving requires cognition to evaluate situations and make decisions.

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    CHAPTER 7 – COGNITION - Process of cognition

    - Occurs when a goal must be reached


    THINKING AND MENTAL IMAGES
    by thinking and behaving in a certain
    THINKING / COGNITION
    way
    - Mental activity Trial and error
    - Goes on in the brain -
    - Organizing and attempting to
    understand information
    - Communicating information to
    others
    Mental Images
    - Mental representations
    - Stand for object or events
    - Have a picture-like quality

    CONCEPTS
    Concepts
    - Ideas
    - Represents a CLASS/CATEGORY
    - (Objects, events, or activities)
    Kinds of Concepts:
    1. Superordinate Concepts
    - Most general form of concept
    - Ex: animal; fruit
    2. Basic Level Type Concepts
    - Which other similar concepts are
    organized
    - Ex: dog; pear
    3. Subordinate Concepts
    - Most specific category of a concept
    - Ex: one’s pet dog; pear in one’s hand
    4. Formal Concepts
    - Defined by specific rules/features
    5. Natural Concepts
    - Concepts that are formed as a result
    of people’s experience in the real
    world
    6. Prototype
    - closely matches the defining
    characteristics of a concept
    - Ex: A platypus is a “fuzzy” natural
    concept
    PROBLEM SOLVING & MAKING
    DECISIONS
    Problem Solving

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