Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Backtracking, Dill, Loss Aversion

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

Document Summary

Define parameters &solutions that maximize success &minimize effort. 2 ways of thinking: focused goal based, unfocused daydreaming. People use their memory, language &concepts to: arrive at conclusions, predict outcomes &reduce uncertainty, persuade &evaluate, test hypothesis, solve problems, make decisions, produce a creative output, become an expert. Reasoning is: going beyond the given info to comprehend a situation, making inferences &deductions, taking knowledge &drawing conclusions, discovering new info. Difficulty reasoning stems from: complex series of operations. Consider things that go against what we believe. Thinking and reasoning can be complex and complicated. If you know (cid:883) is true, the other can"t be true: either p or q is true, if p is not true, therefore q is true. Start w/a statement, take specific case, make conclusion. Classical reasoning implicit assumptions of the classical model. Making a statement about everything in the class.