thought: using what i know i think therefore i am
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The Student Will List the 5 units of thought in their Cornell Notes and their Graphic Organizer (exit ticket) List the Kinds of thinking in their Graphic Organizer (3) Summarize thinking and the basic conceptTRANSCRIPT
Thought: using what I know
I think therefore I am
OverviewThought: Using what we knowReasoning rationallyBarriers to reasoning rationallyIntelligenceThe origins of intelligenceAnimal minds
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The Student Will
• List the 5 units of thought in their Cornell Notes and their Graphic Organizer (exit ticket)
• List the Kinds of thinking in their Graphic Organizer (3)
• Summarize thinking and the basic concept
Elements of cognitionConceptMental category that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common propertiesBasic concepts have a moderate number of instances and are easier to acquire.A prototype is an especially representative example.
PropositionA meaningful unit, built of concepts, expressing a single idea
SchemaAn integrated mental network of knowledge, beliefs, and expectations concerning a particular topic.
ImageA mental representation that resembles what it represents
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Units of Thinking (5)
• Image- picture in the minds eye• Symbol- abstract unit • Concept- anger, joy, sadness (emotions)• Prototype= best example; golden retriever or
Chihuahua• Rule/proposition- the pitchers mound is 60ft.
6 inches from home plate;
Thanksgiving image
Symbol
Symbol #2
Symbol #3
Concept
prototype
Rule
Kinds of thinking
• First is Direct convergence thinking, need focus• Tasks that once have required careful
conscious attention • #1.subconscious thinking-process=
SYSTEMATIC• for example driving a car, knitting, texting• Now Do “without thinking”• Can learn to take dictation and reading
OTOH
• Nondirect / #2 Nonconscious= name or solution “pops” in your head, OUTSIDE YOUR AWARENESS
• Intuition, insight= gut feeling rather than conscious reasoning
• First stage problem automatically (memories, knowledge, patterns)
• Second stage become aware of it • Like a sudden revelation- aha I’ve got it• 2 PARTS in nonconscious processes
How conscious is thought?
Subconscious processesMental processes occurring outside of conscious awareness but accessible to consciousness when necessary
Nonconscious processesMental processes occurring outside of and not available to consciousness
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Types of conscious processes
Implicit learningWhen you have acquired knowledge about something without being aware how you did so, and without being able to state exactly what you have learned
MindlessnessMental inflexibility, inertia, and obliviousness in the present context
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Conscious Process• #3 Implicit ( nonconscious)- don’t know how learned it, can’t
state exactly what you learned• For Example- walking up a flight of stairs, learning native
language• Mindlessness- mental inflexibility• Xerox machine experiment- can I use machine, can I use
machine to make copies, can I use machine I’m in a rush• Normally let go for third request• But people also complied when heard meaningless explanation• Sugar free! Salt• dairy free! paper clips
Summary
• Thinking Units• Types of thinking