PSYC 1030H Study Guide - Final Guide: Slow-Wave Sleep, Railways Act 1921, Learning Disability
12 Apr 2017
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Utility or value to you of each alternative. Sources of error: role of mood states. Current moods [especially strong" moods] can dramatically reduce out ability to reason effectively: role of beliefs. Reasoning often influences by beliefs associated with strong emotions or moods. Gestalt psychology: we automatically impose visual organization on stimuli, three main gestalt principles. Everything that is not figure is ground. Mental rules of thumb that permit us to make decisions and judgements in a rapid and efficient manner. Probability of various events is judged on the basis of how readily they come to mind. Ex. / media coverage of a new rare illness with headaches as a common symptom, increase in number of people coming to the er: representativeness. The more an event resembles typical examples of some concept or category, the more likely it is believed to belong to that concept or category.
