PSYC 315 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Representativeness Heuristic, Platypus, Fallacy
11 Dec 2018
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Thinking that two events are more likely to occur together than either event alone. Give different answers to the same problem depending on how it"s framed. Tendency to classify something according to how similar it is to a typical case. The tendency to base a judgement on how quickly or easily examples come to mind. Events that are more available in memory are judged as more likely to occur. Tendency to use a rough estimation as a starting point or anchor. The tendency to overestimate the extent to which others agree with us. A type of anchoring effect, the anchor is our own beleifs. The response produced by the conditioned stimulus after conditioning. Example: salvation following the sound of the bell. Process when stimuli that are similar to the conditional stimulus cause a conditional response example: baby is scared of mice, and is even scared of santa clause because of the white beard.
