Thinking And Problem Solving — Chapter Summary
NIOS · Class 10 · Psychology
Summary of Thinking And Problem Solving for NIOS Class 10 Psychology. Part of the NIOS Class 10 Psychology syllabus.
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Overview
Cognition is the process of knowing or acquiring knowledge. It includes attention, thinking, remembering, and reasoning, and these cognitive processes are controlled by the cerebral cortex, the higher centre of the brain. Thinking is the main process that guides all cognitive activities. It is a con
Key Concepts
Cognition is the process of knowing
Cognition is the process of knowing or acquiring knowledge. It includes attention, thinking, remembering, and reasoning, and these activities are cont
Thinking is a complex and constructive
Thinking is a complex and constructive mental process that manipulates information from the senses and memory to form new representations. It is usual
Concepts are mental structures that organize
Concepts are mental structures that organize knowledge systematically. They represent objects, activities, ideas, organisms, properties, abstractions,
Reasoning is a goal
Reasoning is a goal-directed process involving inference. It is used in logical thinking and problem solving, and it has two types: deductive reasonin
Deductive reasoning moves from general
Deductive reasoning moves from general to specific. If the premises are true, the conclusion must also be true.
Learning Objectives
- Understand cognition and the role of thinking in mental life
- Explain the nature of thinking as a constructive process
- Identify concepts and reasoning as the two key mental structures of thinking
- Differentiate deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning
- Describe problem solving and its three elements
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