PSYC 2606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Daniel Kahneman, Representativeness Heuristic, Feminist Movement
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Notes lecture 9: heuristics (kahneman & tversky)- rule-of-thumb methods that allow us to make quick (although not accurate) judgements/ an educated guess, kahneman won nobel prize because tversky died. People said they"re more likely to be in a terrorist accident-- because that is what we see on the news. Representativeness heuristic- tendency to classify information based on how similar is to a typical case--> stereotypes: would describe people (their background) and ask subjects to make a prediction. "linda is 29 years old, single, white, philosophy major, small women"s college, very liberal" "is it more probable that linda is an accountant or that she is an accountant and active in the feminist movement. : most people said she was an accountant and active in the feminist.
