PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psychology Chapter 7
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Thinking and mental images: thinking (cognition): Problem solving behaving in certain ways: trial and error (mechanical solution) Concluding that a person is closed or defensive because they have their arms crossed. Deciding to vote for someone only because they belong to a certain political party. Deciding to eat at restaurant b rather than restaurant a only because b has more cars in its. Tendency to judge the frequency or likelihood of an event by the extent to which it resembles the typical case. In a series of 10 coin tosses, which is more likely? parking lot: representativeness, hhtththtth, hhhhhhhhhh, availability. Estimating the frequency or likelihood of an event based on how easy it is to recall relevant information from memory or how easy it is to think of related examples. Insight: sudden perception of a solution to a problem. Creativity: the process of solving problems by combining ideas or behavior in new ways.
