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Cognition
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The procss of thinking or mentally processing informaiton (images concepts words rules and symbols)
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Concept
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A generalized idea representing a class of related objects or events
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Concept formation
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The process of classifying information into meaningful categories
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Positive instance
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Object or event that belongs to th concept class example a german shepherd belongs to the dog class
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Negative instance
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Object or evet that does not belong to the concept class example a cat does not belong to the dog class
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Types of concept formations
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Conjunctive concept, relational concept, disjunctive, concept
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Conjunctive concept
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A class of objects that have two or more featue in common example motorcycles has an engine AND wheels
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Relational concept
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A concept defined by the relationship between featurs of an object or between an object and its surrounding example greater than or lopsided or is south of
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Disjunctive concept
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A concept defined by th presence of at least one of sesveral possilel feature example a strike in baseball is a swing and a miss OR a good pitch and no swing
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More concept terms
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Prototypes
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Prototypes
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An ideal model used as a prime example of a particular concept example a robin is a good prototype for a bird; an ostrich is not
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Denotative meaning
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Th exact dicitonary definition of a word or concept; its objective meaning
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Connotative meaning
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The subjective, personal, or emotional meaning of a word or concept
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Language
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Language
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The definition for language
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Words or symbols, and rules for combining them, that are used for thinking and commuicaiton
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