Thinking, Language, and Intelligence (AP Psychology)

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The mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension. These processes include thinking, knowing, remembering, judging and problem-solving.

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Cognition

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A mental grouping of similar things, events, and people that is used to remember and understand what things are, what they mean, and what categories or groups they belong to.

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Concept

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The BEST example or cognitive representation of something within a certain category

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Prototype

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A set of instructions for solving a problem or completing a process, often used in math.

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Algorithm

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A rule-of-thumb strategy for making more efficient decisions and solving problems.

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Heuristic

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The sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem

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Insight

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A tendency for a person to search for information that confirms one's preconceptions

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Confirmation Bias

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What is B.F. Skinner best known for developing? Options: Framing Effect, Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral Psychology, Operant Conditioning

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Operant Conditioning

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The tendency to be very sure of a fact and later finding that the objective reality was different

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Over Confidence

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An example of cognitive bias, in which people react to a particular choice in different ways depending on how it is presented (e.g. as a loss or as a gain)

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Framing Effect