Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Problem Solving, Letter Frequency, Representativeness Heuristic

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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How will i go about solving this: generate potential solutions. Mental blueprint for how to go about solving a particular type of problem: e. g. how to succeed in a university course , or how to pick up a cute girl . Algorithms formulae or procedures guaranteed to produce the correct solution (eventually) Heuristics general this would be a good idea strategies: educated guess not guaranteed to solve the problem, but much less time-consuming. Hangman: 6 letter word _ a _ i _ _ Algorithms guess a, then b, c, d z. Or guess in order of letter frequency (e, t, a, o, i z: will eventually solve, but too slow. Heuristics e. g. find out the 3rd last letter is i, so guess n & g: because you know many words end in ing. Then, make changes to keep reducing the difference: e. g.