L33 Psych 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Confirmation Bias, Long-Term Memory, Lewis Terman
22 Oct 2018
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Given puzzle and must decide which piece fits in missing piece: two classes of logical reasoning. Inductive try to draw a general rule from specific instances: 1-2-4-__-__ what"s the (cid:396)ule, deductive start with a general rule and try to make predictions about specific instances. John is taller than henry, john is shorter than mary, mary is shorter than billy. No: syllogisms all chefs are violinists (major premise). Yes: reasoning biases, availability bias tend to make an error based upon what easily comes to mind. She enjoys aromatherapy and attending a local spirituality group. Is she a holistic healer or school teacher: someone might say she is a holistic healer because she has attributes that stereotypically represent a holistic healer. Intelligence testing: sir francis galton (1884) interested in individual differences among us. Intrapersonal understanding of selves and ability to control ourselves.
