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Thinking And Problem Solving

NIOS · Class 10 · Psychology

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Card 1Cognition

What is cognition?

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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

Card 2Thinking

Why is thinking important in cognitive activities?

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Thinking governs all cognitive activities. It helps in understanding information, solving problems, making judgments, and forming new ideas from what is seen or remembered.

Card 3Thinking

What is thinking?

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Thinking is a complex mental process that involves the manipulation of information from the senses and from memory. It is a constructive process because it helps form new representations of objects, e

Card 4Thinking

What kind of mental activities are involved in thinking?

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Thinking includes inferring, abstracting, reasoning, imagining, judging, problem solving, and creative thinking. These activities work together when the mind deals with a problem or situation.

Card 5Thinking

Why is thinking usually started by a problem?

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Thinking is usually initiated by a problem because the mind starts working when something needs to be understood, solved, or decided. The problem gives direction to mental activity.

Card 6Concepts

What are concepts in thinking?

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Concepts are mental structures that organize knowledge systematically. They can represent objects, activities, ideas, organisms, properties, abstractions, or relations. Examples include vegetable, ang

Card 7Concepts

How do humans use concepts to understand new things?

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Humans categorize new stimuli by treating them as members of familiar categories. For example, when a new object matches the features of a known category, it is placed in that category and given the s

Card 8Concepts

Why are concepts not directly observable?

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Concepts cannot be seen directly, but they can be inferred from behaviour. A person’s actions, choices, and classifications show the concepts they are using.

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