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Psychology Chapter 8 Section 1

Psychology Chapter 8 Section 1. What is Thinking?. Thinking is the mental activity that is involved in the understanding, processing, and communicating of information. Symbols. When we think we use symbols to represent the things about which we are thinking.

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Psychology Chapter 8 Section 1

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  1. Psychology Chapter 8 Section 1 What is Thinking?

  2. Thinking is the mental activity that is involved in the understanding, processing, and communicating of information.

  3. Symbols • When we think we use symbols to represent the things about which we are thinking. • A symbol is an object or an act that stands for something else. • Symbols are part of our daily lives • School mascots • American Flag

  4. Letters and words are also symbols. • Even your mental images are a type of symbol.

  5. Concepts • When we think, we tend to mentally group together objects, events or ideas that have similar characteristics. • Such grouping is called a concept. • Example: Mammals

  6. People organize concepts in Hierarchies • Series of levels that go from broad to narrow.

  7. People learn concepts through experience. • Communication of the meaning of abstract concepts such as fairness, beauty, and goodness. • It may require detailed explanations, a variety of personal experiences, and many examples.

  8. Prototypes • Prototype- an example of a concept that best exemplifies that concept. • A prototype can be more like an average of all experienced examples.

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