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Cognition
Mental activities involved in acquiring,storing,retrieving,and using knowledge.
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mental images
mental rep. of a previously stored sensory exp., including,visual,auditory,olfactory,tactile.
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Concept
Mental rep. of a group or category.
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Prototype
representation of the best or most typical example of a category.
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Artifical concepts
formed by logical,specific rules or characteristics.
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Natural concepts
formed by experience in everyday life.
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Hiearchy
when we use the middle,basic lavel concepts when first learning material.
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Problem solving three stages
- Preparation
- production
- evaluation
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During preparation stage we:
Identify given facts, separate relevant from irrelevant facts, and define the ultimate goal.
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During production stage we:
hypotheses
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we generate hypotheses by
algorithms and heuristics
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Algorithm
a set of steps that, if followed correctly, will eventually solve the equation.
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heuristics
strategies, or simple rules,used in problem solving and decision making that do not guarantee a solution but offer a likely shortcut to it.
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