PSYCH 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Dimensionality Reduction, Multidimensional Scaling, Availability Heuristic
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Reaso(cid:374)i(cid:374)g co(cid:374)se(cid:374)sus f(cid:396)o(cid:373) logi(cid:272)al de(cid:271)ate o(cid:448)e(cid:396) the (cid:373)e(cid:396)its of o(cid:374)e o(cid:396) a(cid:374)othe(cid:396) (cid:271)elief. E(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e lea(cid:396)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs th(cid:396)ough di(cid:396)e(cid:272)t e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e o(cid:396) o(cid:271)se(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374) Tendency to hold dogmatically onto a belief even in face of evidence that would convince most people to the contrary. Te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to sea(cid:396)(cid:272)h out i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) that suppo(cid:396)ts o(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)elief (cid:449)hile ig(cid:374)o(cid:396)i(cid:374)g (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)adi(cid:272)to(cid:396)(cid:455) i(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)atio(cid:374) Occurs when we experience unusual or very memorable events, then overestimate how often they typically occur. I(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:272)t assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) of that hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) is (cid:862)dete(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)ed(cid:863) Determinism contends simply that all events have causes. Statistical determinism: usually multiple factors influence behavior and thus it is difficult to predict with certainty what one will do at a given moment. An objective observation is simply one that can be verified by more than one observer. P(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373) (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:271)al (cid:271)eha(cid:448)io(cid:396) is ha(cid:396)d to p(cid:396)edi(cid:272)t (cid:894)(cid:449)a(cid:455) too (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454)(cid:895) Expect conclusions about behavior to be supported by objective evidence through systematic procedures.
