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Thinking


Mental Images: Examining the Mind’s Eye

Concepts: Categorizing the World

  • Algorithms and Heuristics

    • Solving Problems

    Preparation: Understanding and Diagnosing Problems

    Production: Generating Solutions

  • Forming Subgoals: Dividing Problems into Their Parts
  • Insight: Sudden Awareness

    • Judgment: Evaluating the Solutions

    Impediments to Solutions: Why Is Problem Solving Such a Problem?

    Creativity and Problem Solving


    Key concepts for Module 21:



    Define cognition and the processes of thinking, mental imagery, and conceptualizing.

    Describe the process of syllogistic reasoning.

    Discuss how algorithms and heuristics influence our judgments and decision making.

    Explain the importance of understanding and diagnosing problems as the first step in effective problem solving.

    Describe the heuristics used for generating possible solutions to problems, and explain how solutions should be evaluated.

    Illustrate how efforts to develop solutions can be blocked by functional fixedness, mental set, and confirmation bias.





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