PSYC 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Inductive Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Functional Fixedness
28 Sep 2016
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Psych 110 book notes chapter 10: solving problems: reasoning and intelligence. How people reason 1: fast and slow thinking, analogies, and induction: fast and slow thinking, analogies as foundations for reasoning, inductive reasoning and some biases in it. How people reason 2: deduction and insight: the concrete nature of deductive reasoning, elements of insight. Cross-cultural differences in perception and reasoning: responses of unschooled non-westerners to western style logic questions, an east-west difference: focus on whole vs parts. The practice and theory of intelligence testing: a brief history of intelligence testing, the validity of intelligence tests as predictors of achievement, the concept of general intelligence and attempts to explain it. How people reason 1: fast and slow thinking, analogies, and induction. We reason by using our memories of previous experiences to make sense of present experiences and plan for the future: must be able to perceive similarities amongst events we have experienced.
