PSY 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Information Explosion, Bounded Rationality

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 308
• Professor: Jonathan Wilbiks

Document Summary

Information explosion: analyzing which one to believe, ad awareness, decision making. Thought: involves processing information that we encounter in our lives (integration of past and present info) Knowledge: information that we have acquired so far in our lives. Affected by previous experiences schemas: schema: are like scripts we have for certain standard types of events. : we fit info that we hear into schemas. Intelligence testing: initially designed in france to identify students who need extra help in schools and not to determine who is the smartest. (normal distribution-average is always 100: better-than-average effect: most people believe they are above average. What is critical thinking? (cid:862)how would you know that? (cid:863) questions. Use in problem solving, calculating probabilities and decision making. Does not mean being negative about things. Purpose of going to university is to acquire critical thinking skills. Already proven that students improved their applied skills by a survey test.