What is Cognition?
Cognition is any mental process associated with thinking, knowing, remembering or communicating
What is Metacognition
Thinking about cognition or Cognition about Cognition
What are concepts
A concept is a mental grouping of similar things (So chairs & sofa’s are apart of the concept of furniture)
What is a prototype
The ideal example of a concept (The prototype of a chair would have 4 legs, a back rest and is made out of wood)
What is an algorithm
A step-by-step process on how to solve a problem
What are heuristics
Heuristics are little shortcuts we make to allow us to make decisions quicker.
What is insight?
Insight are solutions that your unconscious mind has been working on in the background.
What 4 things may impede our ability to solve problems?
Confirmation bias
Fixation
Mental Set
Impose Constraints
