PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Oneword, Universal Grammar, Babbling
3 Oct 2016
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Problem solving: strategies and obstacle: problem solving skills. Combining common uses of letters in order to figure out the random sequence of letters. Heuristics and trial and error: johnny appleton solved a problem that construction workers were stumped by. Slowly pour in sand: brain activity associated with flashes of insight (eegs, pets) When insight, there was a burst of activity in the right temporal lobe: we take information that favors our opinions over information that refutes it (confirmation bias) Wason gave british a sequence and asked them to guess the rule that he used to make the series (rules given were different, his rule was just any. People thought they were right, but were rarely right, yet they didn"t think they were wrong because they only tested material that would help their cause. Wason says people are defensive when questioned by anything that challenges their predisposition (opinions cause people to seek belief- confirming information)
