Cognition

5. Mental processes involved in thinking and knowing
7. Scientists compare the human mind with ________.
9. The mind can be studied s_______y.
12. Synonym of prejudice
13. 2 words. Tendency to weight potential losses more heavily than potential gains.
15. In order to be in a better position for reaching a goal we need s______.
16. Type of Bias that involves falsely believing an outcome was predictable after it occurred. “knew it all along.”
17. Type of reasoning that draws specific conclusions from general rules
18. Mental categories like "sports"
19. Decisions made slowly and with conscious effort
21. Mental process of working with information to form ideas, solve problems, make decisions, and reflect in a critical or creative manner.

1. Decisions made quickly and based on intuition
2. Alert and present. Cultivation of this mental habit is essential for critical thinking.
3. To develop a good problem-solving strategy, we need subgoals, algorithms and ______.
4. Type of Bias that favours information that supports your already existing opinion.
6. Receptive to other ways of looking at things.
8. Concepts help humans ______ and make sense of objects, events, and ideas by grouping them
10. Strategies that lead to the solution of a problem Ex: GPS
11. Thinking c_______ helps us analyze evidence to solve complex problems.
14. Heuristic decisions can lead to
20. Type of reasoning that draws general conclusions from specific observations.