Thinking

Heuristics

Name 2 characteristics of analytical representation

TMS

Analogical representation

Why aren't analogical representations a replication of pictures?

Symoblic representation

Word association is a type of____representation

Symbolic representation allows us the power of____.

Availability heuristic

Representiveness heuristic

The fundemental problem with indirect experiences

Name 3 issues with representiveness heuristic

Type 1 thinking

Type 2 thinking

Relative frequencies, quantifiable info and education stem____thinking

Judgements are often made using____.

Confirmation bias

General category of fallacies in which a claim is rejected due to an irrelevant fact about the person presenting it

A statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from/is not clearly related to anything previously said

A mistake in reasoning

Analogical representations are associated with activity in the____cortex.

EG(x)=p(x)G(x)+(1-p(x))L(x)

We tend to think rare events are____rare than they are.

People reacting differently to a particular choice depending on whether it is presented as a loss or as a gain

The central importance in problem solving

Goals can be____defined or____defined.

How can goals be tackled more easily

Mental set