PSYCO258 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Deductive Reasoning, Duration Neglect, Mental Model
19 Apr 2014
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Patient b had a longer surgery but rated his discomfort lower. Peak-end task: experience of pain depends on highest level of pain experienced and the pain levels at the end of the procedure. Duration neglect: judgment of pain is unrelated to duration of event feel better if duration is extended as pain subsides. Reasoning: thought process that yields a conclusion from premises (statements) Inductive reasoning: creating general propositions from specific examples. Strength of reasoning depends on how representative the examples are, the number of examples provided and how strong the evidence is. Deductive reasoning: reasoning from a general case and applying it to specifics. Syllogistics reasoning: made of 2 premises and a conclusion (aristotle) Validity: whether conclusion follows from the two premises. Truth: whether the premise accurately describes the real world. Categorical syllogisms: refer to quantities includes all (includes some), most , some (at least one) and none . Universal affirmative: all a are b (all cows are animals)
