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AP Psychology Chapter 10: Thinking and Language Flashcards

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13901915376Cognitionall the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating0
13901917649conceptsa mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people1
13901929885prototypesa mental image or best example of a category2
13901933365Algorithma methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Slow but accurate.3
13901940357Heuristica simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently. Fast but error-prone.4
13901974823availability heuristicestimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common5
13901993005belief biasthe tendency for one's preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning, sometimes by making invalid conclusions seem valid, or valid conclusions seem invalid6
13902004877belief perseveranceclinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited7

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