PSYC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Jelly Bean, Utility, Deductive Reasoning
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Imagine friend has system for playing the lottery. (cid:862)i ha(cid:448)e a g(cid:396)eat syste(cid:373), i used it last (cid:449)eek a(cid:374)d i (cid:449)o(cid:374)! (cid:863) O(cid:396) (cid:862)i ha(cid:448)e a g(cid:396)eat syste(cid:373), i used it (cid:1005)(cid:1004) ti(cid:373)es i(cid:374) the past 2 weeks and won every ti(cid:373)e! (cid:863) the 2nd would be more likely. How much attention and working memory are available: whether system 1 or 2 is used depends on how the problem is presented. Imagine a food critic wrote a restaurant assessment based on a single meal they chose. Good because they wanted to eat that particular thing: now imagine that the critic dropped his or her pencil on the menu to pick that meal. Bad (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they (cid:272)ould"(cid:448)e (cid:272)hose(cid:374) so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g they did(cid:374)"t actually want/like. In using good judgement, people recognize that there are different levels of variability in different categories (mineral color, bird color, tribe obesity), and this influences how they decide what is correct.
