PSY270H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Syllogism, Mental Model, Inductive Reasoning
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Lecture 8: decision making: describe the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning. Deduction: you take theory and principles and apply to specific instances. Induction: observe specific instances and create general principles: describe what a syllogism is and the factors that influence how easily they can be solved. Syllogisms involve drawing a conclusion from 2 statements that we assume are true. Syllogism with definite quantifiers (all, none) are easier to solve. Syllogisms with negations are harder to solve. Sometimes we cannot draw a logical conclusion from a syllogism it is indeterminate (there is no logical conclusion: explain how we can use mental models to solve syllogisms. Mental model: a representation of the current situation in all possible outcome: list and explain (with examples) the cognitive factors that affect syllogistic reasoning. Availability heuristic: describe the dual-process theory of decision making.
