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10 Cards in this Set
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Inductive thought
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reasoning from specific principles to general rules
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Syllogism
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using comparisons to arrive at logical conclusions
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Cognition
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a thought, or the process of thinking (mentally processing information)
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Convergant thinnking
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the process of narrowing down choices and alternatives to arrive at a suitable answer
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Deductive thought
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reasoning from general rules to specific examples
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Synesthesia
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experiencing one sense in ways normally associated with another sense
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Prototype
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an abstraction, an idealized pattern of an object or idea that is stored in memory and used to decide whether similar objects or ideas are members of the same class of items
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Algorithum
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using a set of rules or procedures to find a solution
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Heuristics
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any strategy which aids in problem solving, usuallyby limiting the number of possible solutions
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Divergent thinking
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the process of widening the range of possibilities and expanding the options for solutions
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