AP Psychology Module 34

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.

Creativity

The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.

Convergent Thinking

Narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

Divergent Thinking

Expands the number of possible problem solution.