8.1 Understanding Thinking

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8.1 Understanding Thinking Thinking and Language 8.1 Understanding Thinking

How do you know a sign warns of danger even though you don't read Turkish?

Basic Elements of Thinking Thinking is the mental activity that is involved in the understanding, processing, and communicating of information. Thinking is made possible through units of thought that include symbols, concepts, and prototypes. A concept is a mental structure used to categorize objects, people, or events that share similar characteristics. People organize concepts into hierarchies. People learn concepts through experience. Concepts A symbol is an object or an act that stands for something else. Letters and words are symbols. Mental images are symbols. Symbols help us think about things that are not present. Symbols –

Prototypes A prototype is an example of a concept that best exemplifies the characteristics of that concept. Prototypes help us categorize the world and process information about it. Without prototypes, people might have to examine unfamiliar elements as if they were totally new.

Three Kinds of Thinking In general people think in three ways: convergent, divergent, and metacognitive. Convergent thinking is thought limited to facts. We use convergent thinking to find one solution for a problem or task. Developing rules and following them is one example of convergent thinking. Convergent thinking is not particularly creative. Convergent Divergent thinking allows the mind to associate more freely to various elements of a problem. Divergent thinking is at the base of creativity. Divergent thinking typically results in multiple solutions. Divergent –

Metacognition Metacognition consists of planning, evaluating, and monitoring mental activities. It is thinking about thinking. It has two different aspects: metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive experiences.