Mental shortcuts - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

logic correct answers the process of reasoning by including evidence to support claims syllogism correct answers a logical structure that uses the major premise and minor premise to reach a necessary conclusion (ex: If A is true and B is true then the conclusion C is true) Ockham's Razor correct answers Keep it simple sweetheart - the simplest explanation is usually the correct one Aristotle correct answers A Greek Philosopher, father of logic, taught Alexander the Great heuristics ...

BRMP Practice Exam Questions with Correct Answers Define psychology - Answer-the scientific study of human behaviour and mental processes. Why is psychology a science? - Answer-because it uses empirical methods and takes a scientific approach to understanding human behaviour. Science is a general way of understanding the natural world. Its 3 main features are: - Answer-1. Systematic empiricism 2. Empirical questions 3. Public knowledge Pseudoscience refers to - Answer-beliefs and...

heuristics : mental shortcuts, one thing affects how we view a much larger thing Dangers: • Avoids the depth of an equation • could be persuaded by framing (the story) rather than the actual data false equivalency : a logical fallacy in which two opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not - One interview is with a geologist who represents 97% of scientists who claim global warming is at least partly caused by human behavior and one alternative ...

Personal Values and Implicit Bias Individuals with which characteristics may be at risk for receiving substandard healthcare due to implicit bias? Select all that apply. Obesity Non-English speaking Persons with a substance use/alcohol disorder Middle-income status Non-white Heterosexual - correct answer Obesity Non-English Speaking Persons with a substance use/alcohol disorder Non-white Which negative effects on client care are associated with implicit bias? Select all that apply. ...

RUTGERS GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS Schemas mental representations involving multiples concepts stored in memory as a coherent unit. Can contain sensory images, concepts and simpler schemas. Can be propositions (statements with truth value) mental models (ex: mental model of how a car engine works) or scripts (interpersonal events; ie what happens at a soccer game) Algorithms Systematic procedures that will produce a solution to a problem (always)...

What is the influence of real, imagined or implied presence of others? correct answers social psychology Scientific belief in the significance of a situation is? correct answers situationism What are the three main aspects of social psychology? correct answers social cognition , social influence, and social interaction How people select, interpret, remember or use social information to make judgements and decisions is called? correct answers social cognition Thinking that is unconsci...

ABC's of Psychology - Affects, Behavior, Cognition (mental processes) Psychology as a discipline - Studies the relationship between the brain with its function, and the environment with behavior Fixed Mindset - The belief that intelligence is static Characteristics of Fixed Mindset - Avoids challenges, give up easily, see effort as fruitless or worthless, ignores useful negative feedback, feels threatened by success of others. In result, people with growth mindsets plateau early and ac...

(1) What stages do groups pass through? 1. Idea generation, implementation and termination. 2. Introduction, high productivity and decline. 3. Initiation, evolution, maturation and decline. 4. Forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning. (2) How would you describe a work group? 1. A group whose individual efforts result in a performance that is greater than the sum of the individual inputs. 2. A group that primarily interacts to share information and to make decision...

Thinking Definition - Answer-any mental activity or processing of information, including learning, remembering, perceiving, communicating, believing, and deciding What is cognitive economy? - Answer-The use of heuristics to reduce mental effort while still getting things right most of the time What are heuristics? - Answer-Mental shortcuts, drawn from inferences, to increase thinking efficiency Can fast and frugal thinking be better than exhaustive analysis? - Answer-Yes What is cognitive ...

perceptual skills - Answer-see manual skills - Answer-control materials using hands compositional skills - Answer-organize elements of a drawing and quickly work through preliminary sketches to show several design options conceptual skills - Answer-think through and give form to visual ideas creativity - Answer-recombining existing elements in unique ways, resulting in a new object, image, or idea creativity step one - Answer-inspiration: conscious formation of problem or goal creativity...