AP PSYCHOLOGY

COGNITION

THINKING CONCEPTS AND CREATIVITY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
All the mental activity associated with thinking, knowing and communicating are collectively called:
A
cognition
B
concepts
C
prototypes
D
heuristics
E
algorithms
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cognition: Mental processes associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating. Cognition is based on the use of concepts. We filter new information through the lens of concepts, and remember information based on concepts.

Detailed explanation-2: -What is cognitive health? A healthy brain is one that can perform all the mental processes that are collectively known as cognition, including the ability to learn new things, intuition, judgment, language, and remembering.

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: 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-5: -Cognition is a term for the mental processes that take place in the brain, including thinking, attention, language, learning, memory and perception. These processes are not discrete abilities – they are a raft of different, interacting skills which together allow us to function as healthy adults.

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