PSYCO258 Chapter Notes -Representativeness Heuristic, Inductive Reasoning, Determinant
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: making a decision, or drawing a conclusion. Reasoning: the process of drawing conclusions that go beyond the available information. :the process of drawing general conclusions based on specific observations or evidence. 100% certain probably true because the conclusions drawn are from generalizations from specific observations. Representativeness of observation - how representative of the whole population. Number of observations - the more the observations, the stronger the argument. Quality of evidence - scientific facts would count as high evidence. Uses shortcuts to make it an automatic process. :"rules of thumb" that are likely to provide the correct answer to a problem, not always accurate shortcuts to make quick/efficient decisions based on assumptions can be misleading. Events that are more easily accessible/ come to the mind are judged as being more probable than events that are less easily recalled. You"re more likely to pick cases publicized by the media.
