Psychology 1100E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Confirmation Bias

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1100E
• Professor: Irene Cheung

Document Summary

Thought concept/categories - mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, people. Schema = generalized knowledge about a situation or event. Involve a general theme, very useful, helpful for making real world decisions. Problem solving - the process through which one figures out how to reach their goal. Algorithm = a method that will always produce a solution to the problem. Heuristic = a general rule that is usually correct. S p l o y o c y h g (unscramble) Information that is not relevant to the problem can seem relevant and lead us astray. People would rather try to confirm a hypothesis than try to disprove it. Sudden flash of inspiration (which can lead to a solution) for a problem that initially seemed impossible to solve. The process involved in assessing and selecting from a lot of alternatives. General rule for judging the likelihood of an event in terms of how representative is is.