PSYCH 2800 Study Guide - Final Guide: Conjunction Fallacy, Dyslexia, Affect Heuristic
4 Sep 2016
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The mind gives a feeling that we use to judge things: can be influenced by advertisement. We feel better to things we have been exposed to more (familiarity and liking: letter-name letter we like the letters in our name more. Identifiable victim effect when there is one victim, we are more likely to empathize. When there are a lot of victims, it"s hard to imagine the pain. If something comes from a large category it might be easier to generate; not necessary the other way around. Judging the size of a category or likelihood of an event by how easily information comes to mind. Egocentric allocation of responsibility: people claim more responsibility for collective endeavors than is logically possible, self-allocations um to more than 100% Does more thought increase perceived likelihood: if you already pictured to win the lottery, you are more likely to play. Fluency how easy it is to perceive things and how clear it is.
