Psychologists who study cognition focus on a mental activity associated
with thinking knowing remembering and communicating information, and one of
these activities is forming concepts, mental grouping of similar ideas, object,
events, or people. we form our concepts by developing Prototypes, a mental
image or best example of a category. When something matches are a
prototype/concept, we recognize it as an example of a concept. When we
categorize people, we mentally ship them towards our category Prototypes,
which is kind of like a stereotype of what we know.
Creativity is the ability to produce ideas that are both novel and valuable.
Fermat’s theorem was the greatest mathematical breakthrough, created the first
proof. Aptitude, the ability to learn. There’s more to creativity than just aptitude,
the brain activity associated with intelligence differs from that associated with
creativity. Aptitude test like the SATs require convergent thinking, inability to
provide a single correct answer, however creative test required divergent
thinking, ability to consider many different options and to thinking novel ways.
creativity has five components. The first one is expertise, well develop
knowledge of ideas images and phrases to be used as a mental building block.
The second one is imaginative thinking skills, the ability to see things and
connect patterns and make connections. The third one is a venture some
personality that seeks new experiences, tolerates ambiguity and risk, and
overcomes mental obstacles and physical obstacles, meaning they are good
critical thinkers. The fourth one is intrinsic motivation, which is the quality of
being driven more by interests, satisfaction, and challenge than external
pressures. For example, creative people focus less on Extrinsic motivators like
deadlines or impressing people or making money, they focus on the pleasure
they get out of their art. The last one is a creative environment that sparks,
supports, and refines creative ideas. Like being surrounded by many artists can
make you more creative.
Cognition refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking,
knowing, remembering, communicating. We use concepts, mental groupings of
similar objects ideas and events or people, to simplify our world. creativity, the
ability to produce novel and valuable ideas is supported by aptitude. Aptitude
requires convergent thinking, the billet provide one correct answer, create a test
required divergent thinking, the ability to consider various options and think in
novel ways. Creativity has five components, expertise, imaginative thinking, a
venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, and a creative environment.
Thinking Creatively
Cornell Notes: Chapter 34 Tanice Farrington
Period 8
Concepts
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