Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Representativeness Heuristic, Syllogism, Recognition Heuristic

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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Analysis of the situation: determining what functions the objects in the situation have and how they can be used to solve the problem. Functional fixedness: the inability to see beyond the most common use of a particular object and recognize that it could also . Tendency to look for evidence that will confirm a conclusion. Tendency not to look for evidence that could disconfirm beliefs: happens all the time in conversations. The (wason) card selection task: a four-card problem based on conditional reasoning, problem appears deceptively simple but participants often end up mistaken, need to . 2 4 6 rule is that numbers just have to increase. Certain contents of the problem cue, or call to mind, personal experiences that are relevant to the rule. Reasoning about conclusions that are likely (but not guaranteed to be true) Inferential processes that expand knowledge in the face of uncertainty] Often involves categorization and formation of rules or hypotheses.