PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8.2: Decision-Making, Availability Heuristic, Representativeness Heuristic
65
PSY100H1 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
65 documents
Document Summary
8. 2 problem solving, judgement, & decision making. Problem solving: accomplishing a goal when the solution or path to solution isn"t clear. Scenario: trying to figure out where phone is and it"s not in the house. Make list of places you"ve been in the last 24 hours & retrace steps. Algorithms: problem-solving strategies based on series of rules. Think about previous times you"ve lost phone and use these experiences to guide search. Heuristics: problem-solving strategies that stem from prior experiences & provide educated guess as to what is the most likely solution. Algorithm solution: find how frequently each letter occurs in the alphabet and then guess letters in that order until game ends with you winning or losing (start out with e, then a ) Heuristic solution: if last letter is g, you might guess that the letter before it is n because many words end in -ing. Start with algorithms and switch to heuristics.
