PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8.3: Venn Diagram, Confirmation Bias, Conjunction Fallacy
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Problem solving: accomplishing a gaol when the solution or the path to the solution is unclear; accomplishing a difficult task. The challenge is to find a technique/strategy that will allow you to overcome the obstacle. Follows a set of steps, usually in a pre-set order, to problem solve. If (cid:455)ou lost (cid:455)our ke(cid:455)s, (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g a list of the pla(cid:272)es (cid:455)ou"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) to i(cid:374) the last 24 hours a(cid:374)d retra(cid:272)i(cid:374)g (cid:455)our steps to find it would be logical. Strategy that stems from prior experiences and provide an educated guess as to what is the most likely solution. An intuitive approach to the previous example would be to think about previous places you may have lost your phone before and using those past experiences to guide your search. People tend to place limitations on tasks, even though those limits are not necessarily part of the rules of accomplishing the task.
