PSY312H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Functional Fixedness, Procedural Memory, Availability Heuristic
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Mc, sa -> 2 hours (not 3) Focus more on 2nd half of term. Thinking, reasoning, comprehension = all part of problem-solving process. 4 basic ways in which you can think (in increasing levels of sophistication: belief. Seem to be impervious to contrary evidence (thoughts we"re not going to change) Research shows they do make us healthy. **religion = most obvious form of belief: ppl who have strong beliefs tend to be more healthy (physically, by authority. Beliefs are acquired from other ppl and influenced by others. **education = most obvious example of this thinking. Children begin to use this thinking after age 5. Thoughts that use reason are reasonable, logical but before the fact. Earth is flat reasonable b/c seems that way (see horizon sky & ground = so there"s edge between the two). To get to the fact, u test columbus sailed off on ship towards horizon (go out and test the logic)
