PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Aphasia, Linguistic Relativity, Cerebellum
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8. 1 the organization of knowledge: psychologists are interested in how to keep track of the knowledge amassed during our lifetimes. Lr hypothesis is incorrect for snow language doesn"t affect one"s understanding of snow. Defining and solving problems: problem solving = accomplishing a goal when the solution or path to the solution is not clear. Ill-defined problem = is a problem that may be lacking definition in one or more ways such as an ambiguous initial state or a lack of familiar operators: ill-defined problem doesn"t have a definite goal state. Judgments and decisions can be based on logical algorithms, intuitive heuristics or a combination: use heuristics more than we realize. The benefits of heuristic thinking: heuristics can lead us astray, point of studying show how na ve people can be, helps psychologists understand why heuristics are so often beneficial help us make decisions efficiently as possible.
