Lecture 1 (pt. 2)

Question 1

What is Availability Heuristic:

Answer 1

A mental shortcut strategy for judging the likelihood of an event or situation occurring based on how easily we can think of similar or relevant instances

Question 2

What is Representative Heuristic:

Answer 2

A mental shortcut strategy for deciding the likelihood of an event based on how much it resembles what we consider to be a “typical” example of that event

Question 3

What is the Incremental View:

Answer 3

The belief that intelligence is malleable and can be developed

Question 4

What is the Entity view:

Answer 4

Is the belief that intelligence is fixed and unchangeable

Question 5

Law of Small Numbers:

Answer 5

Small sample size leads to extreme results

Question 6

Problem with Outliers:

Answer 6

Non-representative data points (“but I know someone who…”)

Question 7

What are the Hallmarks of a Good Scientist:

Answer 7

Skepticism
Open-mindedness
Objectivity
Empiricism: systematic use of observations and measurements
Creativity
Communication