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Cognitive
psychology:
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branch of psychology that focuses
on the study of higher mental processes, including thinking, language, memory,
problem solving, knowing, reasoning, judging, and decision making. Broad.
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Thinking & ReasoningProblem Solving and CreativityLanguage
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Cognitive
psychology - higher mental processes
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Thinking:
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the manipulation of
mental representations of information.
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: the manipulation of
mental representations of information.
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Thinking:
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Mental images:
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representations in
the mind that resemble the object or event being represented.
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: representations in
the mind that resemble the object or event being represented.
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Mental images:
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Concepts:
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categorizations of
objects, events, or people that share common properties.
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: categorizations of
objects, events, or people that share common properties.
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Concepts:
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Prototype:
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Typical, highly representative examples of a concept. Ie: robin = prototype of bird
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: typical, highly representative examples of a concept. Ie: robin = prototype of bird
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Prototype:
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