Complex cognitive processes - Thinking
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What is executive function?
What does inductive reasoning mean?
What are the four main types of thinking mentioned in this chapter?
- Reasoning
- Critical thinking
- Decision making
- Creative thinking
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What does the dual process model state?
Guilford distinguished between convergent thinking and divergent thinking. Explain these two concepts.
Divergent thinking produces many answers to the same question and is characteristic of creativity
Name the four concepts that can make decision-making harder/more flawed
- Confirmation bias
- Belief perseverance - tendency to hold on to a belief
- Overconfidence bias
- Hindsight bias - tendency to falsely report
Name the five steps in the creative process
- Preparation
- incubation
- insight - ''Aha' moment'
- evaluation
- elaboration
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