PSYC-105 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Major Depressive Disorder, Dopamine, Anxiety
20 Nov 2018
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Thinking: any mental activity or processing of info, the world is complex so our brains try to be efficient in processing it. (cognitive misers). Representative heuristic: guessing how like x is based upon how superficially similar it is to y, (example:) melissa is in her late 30s and has a phd in psychology. Is she more likely to become a university professor or a politician: base rates: how common a behaviour is based on a characteristic. Hindsight bias: overestimating your ability to have predicted known outcomes, the answer is obvious once we know it. ( oh i totally knew that was gonna happen! ). Confirmation bias: tendency to seek out info. That aligns with our beliefs: neglecting, discounting, or distorting conflicting evidence, (example:) women are better psychology students or marijuana as a gateway drug. Top-down processing: filling in gaps of info.
