01:830:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Counterfactual Thinking, Neuroplasticity, Cognitive Flexibility

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: Dr. Brynildsen

Document Summary

Heuristics: simple rules for making complex decisions. Representativeness heuristic: tendency to see someone or something as belonging to a particular group or category by evaluating how similar this object is to a typical object in that category. Base rates: frequency with which given events or patterns occur in the total population. Availability heuristic: strategy for making judgments based on how easily specific kinds of information can be brought to mind. Overestimation of events that are dramatic but rare. Simulation heuristic (counterfactual thinking): tendency to judge the likelihood of an event by the ease with which one can image it. Knowing more than 1 language offers several benefits. Typically outperform monolingually schooled students in academic achievement in upper grades. Brain scans bilinguals vs. monolinguals different types of brain activation. Healthy and stimulating environment increased iq. Stereotype threat: threat felt when stereotype is salient to targets of negative stereotypes.