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exam 4 Flashcards

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Deductive reasoning

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start with premises that are true and then judge whether those premises allow you to draw a conclusion

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Conditional reasoning task (propositional reasoning task)

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describes the relationship between conditions (ex. If a child is allergic to peanuts, then eating peanuts produces a breathing problem. A child has a breathing problem.
Therefore, this child has eaten peanuts.)

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Syllogism

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consists of two statements that we msut assume to be true, and a conclusions (ex. Some psychology majors are friendly people.
Some friendly people are concerned about poverty.
Therefore, some psychology majors are concerned about poverty.)

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Propositional Calculus

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system for categorizing the four kidns of reasoning used in analyzing propositions.

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Propostions

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statements

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Antecedent

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the first propostion in the statement

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Consequent

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The second proposition in a statement

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Affirming the antecedent

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VALID - This is an apple, therefore this is a fruit.

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Affirming the consequent

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INVALID - This is a fruit, therefore this is an apple

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Denying the antecedent

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INVALID - This is not an apple, therefore this is not a fruit.

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Denying the consequent

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VALID - This is not a fruit, therefore this is not an apple

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dual process theory

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distinguishes between the 2 types of cognitive processing, type 1 and type 2

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type 1 processing

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fast and automatic, requires little concious effort - used in depth perception, recognition of facial expression and automatic stereotyping.

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type 2 processing

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slow and controlled, required focused attention - used when we think of exceptions to rules, we realize a sterotype was wrong, or we acknowledge errors in our type 1 processing.

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belief bias effect

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occurs when people make a judgement based on a prior belief instead of using the conditions that were layed out (feather-window proposition)

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confirmation bias

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People tend to confirm a theory rather than actively try to disprove it.

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decision making

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assess information and choose between two or more alternatives (no correct answers normally)

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representative

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if a sample is similar in important characteristics to the population from which it was selected.

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representativeness heuristic

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we jusdge that a sample is more likely if it is more similar to the population from which this sample was selected.

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small sample fallacy

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when people assume that a small sample will be representatice of hte population from which it is selected.

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base rate

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how often an item occurs in the population

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fbase rate fallacy

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paying too little attention to important information about base rate - ex. tells people there are more engineers than lawyer, decribe a guy who seems similar to a lawyer, which is more likelu that he is? still an engineer, because that is the base rate.

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bayes theorem

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describes the probability of an events base on prior conditions.

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likelihood ratio

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how likely something would occur compared to the average person

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conjunction rule

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the probability of two events cannnot be larger than the probability of one event

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conjunction fallacy

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people think two things together is more likely than one thing - ex. linda the activist is rated more likely to be a bank teller and feminist than she is to be a bank teller -> cant possibly be true statistically

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availability heuristic

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when you estimate frequency or probability in terms of how easy it is to think of relevant examples of something

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illusory correlation

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when people believe that two variables are statistically related even though there is no evidence for that relationship

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social cognition approach

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steroetypes can be traced back to our normal cogntive processes - the illusory correlation can be traced back to the availability heuristic

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anchor

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the first approximation of something

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anchoring and adjustment heuristic (anchoring effect)

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when we make adjustments to that first figure based on additional information -> a candle somewhere is 15 dollars, and since this candle is slighlty bigger, you estimate it might be around 20 dollars

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framing effect

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your decision can be influenced by the background context of the choice and the way the question is worded

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prospect theory

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refers to people’s tendency to think that possible gains are different from possible losses. when dealing with possible gains - people tend to avoid risks, when dealing iwht possible losses, people tend to seek risks

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overconfidence

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your confidence judgements are higher than they should be based on your actual preformance on the task

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crystal-ball technique

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imagine an accurate crystal ball has determined that thier favored hypothesis is actually incorrect, and the decision makers much search for alternatice explanations for the outcome. debiasing technique

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planning fallacy

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people typically understimate the amoun tof time required to complete a project and they estimate that the task will be relatively easy to complete.

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groupthink

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hindsight bias

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when an event has happened, and we said “we knew it all along”

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ecological rationality

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describes how people create a wide variety of heuristics to help themselves make useful, adaptive decisions in the real world.

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default heuristic

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people will usually choose the standard option and not take the effort to opt out

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lifespan approach to development

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focus of development that occurs throughout ones lifetime not just childhood but also through adulthood and old age.

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conjugate reinforcement technique

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mobile hangs above a young infant’s crib; a ribbon connects hte infants ankle and hte mobile so that the infants kicks iwll make the mobile above move.

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spaced learning

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practice distributed over time - efficient for both for college kids and babies

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massed learning

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learning everything all at once, ineffective for both babies and college kids

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source monitoring

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the process of trying to identify the origin of a particular memory

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memory strategies

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intentional goal-oriented activites tht we use to improve our memories - young children are less likely to realize that they are helpful

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utilization deficiency

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young children may not use the strategies effectively

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prospective memory

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remebering to do something in the future - in general older adults have problems with these tasks

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explicit memory task

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remember info that you have previously learned.

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implicit memory task

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perform a perceptual or cognitive task; previous experience with the material facilitates thier performance on the task

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recognition memory

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basically the same over time

52
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cognitive slowing

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slower rate of responding on cogntive tasks, mostly experienced by elderly people.

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metacognition

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term that refers to your thoughts about thinking - children have much less knowledge of their cognition than adults

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metamemory

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your thoughts about your memory - children have worse metamemory than adults, can explain why their memory is so bad

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theory of mind

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refers to your ideas about how your mind works, as well as how other people’s mind works

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metacomprehension

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refers to your thoughts about your comprehension, such as your understanding of written material or spoken language

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