PSY BEH 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Confirmation Bias, Loss Aversion, Daniel Kahneman
5 Mar 2017
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Dual system of thinking: first brought up by aristotle, contemplation- reasoning, generate conclusions, deliberation- practical, primatic way of solving problems. What is thinking: mental activities (conscious and non) used to form judgments, reason, evaluate potential decisions, and solve problems. How do we study thinking: focus on how info used to think is stored and organized, how the info and its organization affect our thought processes. Sometimes thinking works well but other times it leads us astray (poor or biased decisions) How is the info we use to think organized: content of thought: mental representations. Types: analog representations- capture some characteristics of that which they represent; pictures, images, symbolic representations- bear none of the characteristics of which they represent; words, organization of mental representations. Not stored randomly or as individual pieces of info. We impose order on info: link common/similar representation together, create shortcuts to info so that we think efficiently. Organization is shaped by experience: 2 types of symbols.
