Chapter 10 Flashcards
Concepts
Are mental grouping of similar objects events ideas or people
Cognition
The proces by which the sensory input is transformed
Prototypes
Is a mental image or best example of a category
Algorithm
Each letter in each position
Heuristic
A simple thinking strategy
Insight
A sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem
Confirmation bias
A tendency to search for information that confirms ones preconceptions
Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well the seem to represent or match particular prototypes
Representativeness heuristic
Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability
Availability heuristic
To be more confident than you should be
Overconfidence
The way an issue is posted how an issue is framed can significantly affect decision and judgments
Framing
The tendency for ones prexistinsting beliefs to distract logical reasoning
Belief bias
The way we communicate with others
Language
The smallest distinctive sound unit
Phoneme
The smallest unit that carries meaning maybe a word or a part of words
Morpheme