Module 7 & 8

Question 1

System 1

Answer 1

The intuitive, automatic, unconscious, and fast way of thinking

Question 2

System 2

Answer 2

The deliberate, controlled, conscious, and slower way of thinking

Question 3

Automatic processing

Answer 3

“Implicit” thinking that is effortless, habitual and without awareness; roughly corresponds to intuition. Also known as system 1

Question 4

Controlled processing

Answer 4

“Explicit” thinking that is deliberate, reflective and conscious. Also known as system 2

Question 5

Overconfidence phenomenon

Answer 5

The tendency to be more confident than correct - to overestimate the accuracy of one’s beliefs

Question 6

Confirmation bias

Answer 6

A tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions

Question 7

Availability heuristic

Answer 7

A cognitive rule that judges the likelihood of things in terms of their availability in memory. If instances of something come readily to mind, we presume it to be commonplace

Question 8

Illusory correlation

Answer 8

Perception of a relationship where none exists, or relationship that actually exists

Question 9

Illusion of control

Answer 9

Perception of uncontrollable events as subject to one’s control or as more controllable than they are

Question 10

Regression toward the average

Answer 10

The statistical tendency for extreme score or extreme behavior to return toward one’s average

Question 11

Self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 11

A belief that leads to its own fulfillment

Question 12

Behavioral confirmation

Answer 12

A type of self fulfilling prophecy whereby people’s social expectations lead them to behave in ways that cause others to confirm their expectations