Psychology 3130A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Representativeness Heuristic, Conjunction Fallacy, Cognitive Bias

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3130A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

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Analogy the act comparing one concept with another concept to highlight the similarity in their meanings. This often highlights a deep similarity between the concepts, even though they are not related on the surface. Analogies are often used for explaining things, because the speaker and listener are assumed know more about one concept than the other. Argument in the study of inductive reasoning, an argument is series of statements in which some facts are presented as premises that support a conclusion. The strength of that conclusion is dependent on its relationship to the premises and the relationship of the premises to each other. Blank predicate in the study of categorical induction, a blank predicate is some property that we wish to infer about an object. It is blank, because it is plausible but not directly known by the respondent and so the answer can only be inference by indictive reasoning.