AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A mental grouping of similar things, events or people is called a(n):
A
Prototype
B
Concept
C
Algorithm
D
Heuristic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognition: all of the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. Concepts: a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Concepts refers to the mental grouping of similar objects, events and people. The organization of concepts into categories is known as hierarchies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognition refers to mental activities and processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating information. Cognition can include reasoning, judgment, and assembling new information into knowledge.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognition refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

Detailed explanation-5: -Prototype: A mental image or best example of a category.

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