An Informal Cognitive Institution Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

An informal cognitive institution is

• A) a collection of shared ideas that define reality, such as a collection of assumptions around a cultural pattern.
• B) a culturally determined way of thinking, such as inductive.
• C) an approach to exploring ideas, such as Aristotelian dialog.
• D) a way to approach thinking challenges, such as brainstorming, tree diagrams.

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Definitions:

Underlying Continuum

An uninterrupted sequence or range in which items change gradually from one condition, form, or level to another, and are not perceived as discrete steps.

Nominal Level

The most basic level of measurement that categorizes data without implying any quantitative order or degree of difference between the categories.

Median

The middle value in a data set, separating the higher half from the lower half, providing a measure of central tendency that is not influenced by extreme values.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, such as the mean, median, or mode.