PSYC 107 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Conjunction Fallacy, Availability Heuristic, Cultural-Historical Psychology
11 Dec 2018
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Psychology 107: chapter 9: final prep / quiz notes. False consensus effect tendency to overestimate the extent to which people agree with us. Why one sentence can have two meanings. sociocultural theory an emergent theory that holds that development results from the dynamic interaction between each person and the surrounding social and cultural forces. The tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions; an impediment to problem solving. Conjunction fallacy thinking that two events are more likely to occur together than either event alone. Anchoring-adjustment heuristic tendency to use rough estimation as a starting point or anchor and adjust slightly from that point. Heurtistics time saving mental shortcuts used for making judgments quickly and efficiently. Rules that govern the meaning of words and sentences. Availability heuristic tendency to base a judgment on how quickly or easily examples come to mind events more available in memory are judged as more likely to occur.
