Biases and Errors in Thinking

Question 1

What is a Heuristic

Answer 1

shortcuts that can lead us into an answer

Question 2

What are Cognitive Biases?

Answer 2

• the result of using an imperfect thinking strategy
• can lead to being wrong

Question 2

What are the types of Heuristics?

Define them

Answer 2

• Representative Heuristic: Stereotyping, when a new thing has characteristic of a schema
• Availability Heuristic: estimating likelihood of events based on availiability in memory

Question 3

Reggie likes youtubers who acclaim movies he liked watching

What is this an example of?

Answer 3

Confirmation Bias: looking for info that supports what we already believe

Question 4

Reggie only thinks positively about Jujutsu Kaisen, avoiding crtiques

What is this an example of?

Answer 4

Fixedness/Fixation