PS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Belief Perseverance, Microsoft Powerpoint, Conjunction Fallacy
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Thinking and reasoning: decision making and problem solving (ch 8) Midterm two: memory, thinking and reasoing (365-386) and iq. Use a variety of heuristics and top-down processing. Judging the likelihood of an event based on how easy it is to generate and example of it. The representativeness heuristics: estimating the probability of an event based on how similar it is to the typical prototype. We like to save our mental enery that is why we follow the same routines. Conjunction fallacy: estimating the odd of two uncertain events happening together > the odds of either event happening alone. Confirmation bias: seeking out evidence that fits with, rather than, contradicts what we believe. Subgoals: subgoals to help solve the main goal. Filling in the gaps using our experiences and backround knowledge. Examples: perception sensation, chunking, concepts and schemas, the stroop effect automaticity of reading. The process of selecting among a set of possible alternatives.
