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| The study of how people perceive, remember, think, speak, and solve problems. |
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Five Core Functions of Thought
(Circle of Thought) |
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1. Describe
2. Elaborate
3. Decide
4. Plan
5. Guide Action (Act) |
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| Information-Processing System |
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| Mechanisms for receiving information in one form and processing in another using symbols. |
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| The timing of mental events. |
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| Time between receipt of stimulus and response to it. |
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| A small temporary change on an EEG in response to stimulus. |
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| The ingredients of thought. |
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1. Concepts
2. Propositions
3. Schemas
4. Scripts
5. Mental Models
6. Images
7. Cognitive Maps |
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| 1. Concept (Mental Representations) |
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| Category of objects with similar properties. |
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1. Formal (defined by rules and all properties)
2. Natural (my home)
3. Prototype (bird = robin) |
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| 2. Proposition (Mental Representations) |
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| Combining concepts to express a relationship. Jason-dumped-Heather |
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| 3. Schemas(Mental Representations) |
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| Sets of closely related propositions. Cars have keys, motors, brake pedals. Picinics are in summer etc. |
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| 4. Scripts (Mental Representations) |
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| Type of schema. 4 scripts to going to a restaurant. |
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| 5. Mental Models (Mental Representations) |
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| Arrangement of objects that guides our interactions with them. Walls-ceiling-oval window |
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| 6. Images (Mental Representations) |
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| Mental representation of visual information. Friend in a clown suit visualization |
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| 7. Cognitive Maps (Mental Representations) |
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| Mental model showing familiar parts of an environment. Finding a flashlight during power outage. New pizza place in town. |
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1. Formal Reasoning. (Deductive)Using algorithms and logic to reach conclusions.
2. Informal Reasoning. |
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