PSYCH 2H03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11-12: Mental Rotation, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences, Stomach Cancer
24 May 2017
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Frequency estimates are often crucial for our judgements. More likely to be hired if you resemble someone that the employer really likes) There are errors in this heuristic your memory is organized like a dictionary and sometimes those memories are incorrect. Creates a bias to what is easily available which can lead to error in frequency judgement. =people sometimes overestimate the frequency of events that are in actuality quite rare this is because there is little reason to spend time thinking about familiar events (ex. That airplane has wings), but you"re likely to notice and think about rare events, especially rare emotional events (ex. That airplane crashed) rare events are easily available to you. Not quantity of how many memories of an incident an individual can come up with but the ease of coming up with the episodes ex. Can"t come up with 12 episodes of being very assertive, therefore assume you are not an assertive person.
