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Module 34
UNIT 5 Thinking, Concepts, and Creativity
Term | Definition |
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cognition | all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. |
concept | a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people. |
prototype | a mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories (as when comparing feathered creatures to a prototypical bird, such as a robin). |
creativity | the ability to produce new and valuable ideas. |
convergent thinking | narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution. |
divergent thinking | expanding the number of possible problem solutions; creative thinking that diverges in different directions. |