Biases in Thinking and Memory

Question 1

Algorythms

Answer 1

Trial and error or step-by-step which takes time and effort

Question 2

Availability heuristic

Answer 2

thinking that relies on how well we remember something

Question 3

representative heuristic

Answer 3

how similar something looks to what we expect it to look like

Question 4

behaviour beliefs

Answer 4

thinking of the importance of a goal to chnage behaviour

Question 5

normative beliefs

Answer 5

thinking about how others see the importance of the goal to change behaviour

Question 6

control beliefs

Answer 6

thinking about how much power and opportunity I have to meet the goal

Question 7

Intention

Answer 7

thinking about how serious I am about changing behaviour

Question 8

confirmation bias

Answer 8

the tendensy to look for information that supports our beliefs and overlook information that is against our opinions

Question 9

Illusory correlation

Answer 9

when you see a correlation between two things when there is actually no or little correlation