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Chapter 8 Flashcards

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cognitive revolution

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behaviourist did not want to observe the inner workings of conscious, during the the 1950s move to cognitive

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cognitive

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mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge

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language is symbolic

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symbols to talk about places, actions etc. give us meaning, symbols are arbitrary, ex pencil word is symbol, doesnt actually have anything to do with the object)

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properties of language

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symbolic, semantic, generative, structured

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language semantic

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symbols have meaning that we can use to convey information

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language is generative

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we can take different symbols and words to create sentences that have never been used before. MAke up new words over time

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language structured

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rules that define our language, how words can be put together to create a sentence, how to structure sentences so we can covey information

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phonemes

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smallest speech structure, no human language actually uses all of the phonemes possible, as we get older we diminish the amount of phonemes we can hear, the ones we can receive are connected to the ones within the language we are surrounded by. EX:talk–> t a k

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morphemes

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smallest unit of meaning ex: strangers–> strange, er, s

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semantics

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meaning of words and word combinations, language is to convey something that has meaning connotation vs denotation

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connotation

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emotional meaning

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denotation

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defintion

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syntax

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a system of rules for arranging words into sentences (how to organize the words within phrases) ex: swimmer, the–> the swimmer not swimmer the

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initial vocalization

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(phonemes) similar across all languages (when baby we make the same noises)

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6 month vocal development

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babbling begins to resemble surrounding language, infants have preferred language, beneficial to developing language, they absorb the sounds around them

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Deaf baby babble

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wanted to see if deaf babies would still babble to understand if babbling was something to develop language or just something kids did

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babble: developmental or random

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babbling is actually part of the development of language

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1 yr language

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first word is similar cross-culturally, words for parents

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Receptive in 1 yr olds

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how much children understand (they actually understand a lot more than they can say)> expressive language (what they can say/ use how they express themselves)

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receptive> expressive language

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if we can teach kids American sign language it might be easier for them to express through motion than through language

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18-24 month language

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vocabulary spurt:
fast mapping (refers to when children pick up words after one exposure)
over and under extensions (over: child learns a word but applies it to many more cases than appropriate( ex ball, anything round is a ball)
Under: apply a word to only a narrow set of cases (ex dog only applies to their dog)
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end of 2nd year language

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combine words, telegraphic speech (not would you please pass the milk but MILK)

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end of 3rd year language

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complex ideas, plural, past tense (even in cases where its not appropriate)
over regulation

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6 years language

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metalinguistic awareness: ability to reflect on use of language
begin to understand that w can play around with the way we use language

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8 year language

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can use sarcasm, word play, pun

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Bilingualism: benefits

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associated with metalinguistic awareness, that you can use words in different languages to mean the same thing, attention and executive function, protective benefit (in cases of dimensia– onset 4 years later than monolingual), more grey matter

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Bilingual disadvantages

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smaller vocabularies in each language, language processing speed, thought to make you loose current language, some places its banned to teach kids second language

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bilingual acquisition

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2nd language easier to learn at a younger age, greater acculturation facilitates acquisition (understand culture)

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Allen and Beatrice Gardner (1969)

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chimpanzee (washoe) learned to understand 160 words in sign language, he could even put them together to make phrases HOWEver critics say he didnt learn language he was taught through reinforcement– he just picked up on cues

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sue savage rumbaugh

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chimpanzee can acquire language through lexigram (little images associated with words) Bonobo chimpanzee- kanzi

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Can animals develop language

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PET scans show an area resembles Brocas area in chimps
animals learn language like infants except infants grow out of the stage
Steven Pinker argues language is a human specific trait

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Critical learning language period– GENIE

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Genie was not taught language until 10-12, could not rehabilitate learning skills to speed of normal, could not function the same as everyone else so YES there is a critical period–need an exposure to language at a developmental period to be able to learn language completely

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Critical period

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time during which learning/ exposure to stimuli must take place

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Genie

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could not learn grammar or how to form phrases but learned words and two word combination

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Language acquisition– behaviourist (Skinner)

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learning of specific verbal response, all about learning and environment (in order to learn certain verbal responses it happened when children imitate what people are saying)

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Learning acquisition– nativist (chompsky)

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language acquisition device (LAD)–not just the case that its imitating (no adults saying go-ed home- understanding past tense) children have a language acquisition device, we are like sponges ready to pick up language but if we dont have exposure to language we will not pick it up or be able to pick it up later in life

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interactionist theories of language acquisition

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language development

  • -> biological maturation, neutral development
  • -> cognitive development
  • -> linguistic environment (instruction, reinforcement)
  • *will be some imitation but its an interaction of all these factors**
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Whorf hypothesis

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ones language impacts their experience of the world—linguistic relativity, he downplayed the amount of words people have for snow, cultures dont differentiate between the different shades of blue

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linguistic relativity

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ones language determines the nature of ones thought. PEople exposed to a lot of snow have a bigger vocabulary for snow and have a different view of snow/world

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problem solving

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active efforts to discover what must be done to achieve a goal that is not readily attainable

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problems of inducing structure

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need to learn relationship amongst items. Examples: series completion and analogy

42
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series

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a b m c d m..

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analogy

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merchant- seller: customer-… (buyer)

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problems of arrangement

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need to re-arrange items to solve the problem Example: string problem, tom marvolo riddle–> i am lord voldemort

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String problem (problems of arrangement)

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cant reach the string u have a screw driver on the table; attach screw driver to string swing the string to catch

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problems of transformation

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sequence and steps to reach an end-goal. Example: hobbits and orcs water jar

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Hobbit and orcs water jar problem (transformation)

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need to figure out how to measure the proper amount of water using the different jar sizes

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well defined problem

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you know the problem and the best way to solve and what to do to reach the solution

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ill defined problem

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unsure of what the best solution is or how to solve it

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barriers to effective problem solving

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irrelevant information, functional fixedness, mental set, unnecessary constraints

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functional fixedness

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tend to think of objects as their functions (Think of screwdriver to screw things not weight)
Ex: fall hit ur knee to ice pack, can use frozen peas despite them not being the primary function
- Quite flexible and can be used to fix the problem but sometimes we stare at an object that could be used to help us but we are stuck in its primary function

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mental set

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approach with one set in mind and keep applying it, without realizing that you can shift mindset to solve problem (EX: 6 eggs in a basket, 6 ppl take one how is there an egg left in the basket? last person to take egg takes basket)

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irrelevant infromation

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there is information that does not matter, and doesnt help you solve the problem but throwing it in will lead people astrat and distract them from the real problem (EX: drawer contains 16 black socks and 13 blue, how many do u need to take out to ensure u have a pair? 3, would be 3 for any amount of socks but saying 16 and 13 people think its complex)

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algorithms

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systematic trial and error, go through every possible approach to solve solution
guaranteed solution

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Heuristics

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short cuts, rule of thumb we might use, no guaranteed solution, decrease possible combinations but not a necessarily guaranteed solution

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algorithm vs heuristic

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ihcra: Chair
tnocvoensrai: conversation
using algorithm: go through each letter in different position, heuristic, C is likely to come first, these letters often go together

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Approach to problem solving

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forming subgoals, working backward, searching for analogies, changing representation of problem, incubation

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subgoals

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tower problem: need to get the rings on the third post without a bigger ring on top of smaller ring, sub goal: get third ring on third post etc.

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working backward

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The water lilies on the surface of a pond double in area every 24 hours. From the time the first water lily appears until the pond is completely covered takes 60 days. On what day is half of the pond covered with lilies?
ANSWER 59, read it backwards problem is easy

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Analogies

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find a problem you solved in a similar way to solve the problem at hand

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Changing representation

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train problem: two trains 50 mils apart travelling towards each other at 25 m/h, hawk flying back and forth between until they reach at 100m/h, how far did the hawk travel?
dont think as distance think as time: takes trains an hour to meet, hawk is flying 100m/h so hawk travels 100m

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incubation effect

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sometimes its good to walk away from a problem and then come back to it later, bc sometimes going at a problem again and again is unproductive

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holistic vs analytic cognitive styles CULTURE

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western (american): more analytic
eastern (asian):
more holistic

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aquarium problem

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western vs eastern:
american and japanese participants watched display with changing lights…
Japanese: report entire display, many details
American: Focused on fish, focal items

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Simon 1957 (decision making)

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human decision making is not rational, let emotions come into the picture

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choice overload (schwartz)

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we think we want choices, but actually when we have too many choices we get choice overload, and become paralyzed and cannot make a choice

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Uncertainty

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people hate it so much that people are willing to pay for a 50 dollar gift certificate rather than a raffle ticket that would ensure a 50 or 100 dollar gift certificate

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Quality of options

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people rated wine better when they were told it was more expensive, even if it isnt. Influenced by things we shouldnt be (price, chef etc)

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additive strategies

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rate each aspect of object to get a final rating for each object to get the more accurate description (good when we have eliminated some of the choices already)

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making choices: elimination by aspects

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elimination by aspects to limit options, just by things we dont want so once weve narrowed it down we use additive to choose

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expected value

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actual expected gain

72
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subjective probability

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your estimate

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subject utility

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what a win would mean to you

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gambeling

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when you gamble the expected value is negative, and people go in expecting to loose but they still go just in case because of subjective utility (if i did win this is what i would do…)

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availability heuristic

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estimate probability of an event based on the ease with which relevant instances come to mind (ex: all of the marriages you know are long lasting believe the rate of divorce is lower than it is)

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Representative heuristic

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tendency to ignore base rates, Ex:
tom is an opera buff, growing up he played chess, which is more likely: - he plays trumpet in a symphony or is a farmer
Answer: he’s a farmer, look at base rates

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conjunction fallacy

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judge two events occurring together to be more likely than a single event. Estimate that the odds of two uncertain events happeneing together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone. EX: you meet someone who is ambitious and power hungry, is it more likely they are a college teacher or a college teacher and politician… college teacher

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cosmides and tooby (1996)

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real world adaptive problems, should use problems that are more similar to day to day problems

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gigerenzer (2000)

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quick and dirty heuristics, we do actually make decisions that benefit us day to day

80
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framing

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the way an issue is posed

example: ground beef– 90% lean better than 10% fat

81
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planning fallacy

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think we can do so much more than we can, optimism bias

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