Chapter 11 Recap

What is the name for a strategy that uses shortcuts, or rules-of-thumb, to quickly solve problems?

• Subgoals

• Working Backward

• Algorithms

• Heuristics

What are statements of relationships between concepts?

• Images

• Symbols

• Concepts

• Prototypes

• Rules

The ability to understand the context a word is being used in, and infer its definition is called what?

• Phoneme

• Morpheme

• Syntax

• Semantics

What is the name for a type of strategy that uses a fixed set of procedures or rules to solve a problem?

• Subgoals

• Working Backward

• Algorithms

• Heuristics

What is a visual representation of an object?

• Images

• Symbols

• Concepts

• Prototypes

• Rules

Divergent thinking is also known as what?

• Metacognition

• Direct Thinking

• Nondirect Thinking

• Convergent Thinking

What is a representative example of a concept?

• Images

• Symbols

• Concepts

• Prototypes

• Rules

What is the most basic unit of sound?

• Phoneme

• Morpheme

• Syntax

• Semantics

What is the name for a habitual use of a specific problem solving strategies?

• Mental Set

• Functional Fixedness

• Creativity

• Insight

Direct thinking is also known as what?

• Metacognition

• Divergent Thinking

• Nondirect Thinking

• Convergent Thinking