Lec 7

Question 1

System 1 of thinking (thinking fast):

Answer 1

Works automatically ad quickly, with little to no effort and no sense of control, emotions play a big role

Question 2

System 2 of thinking (thinking slow):

Answer 2

Involves conscious attention to mental efforts that are made, including complex calculations. The subjective experience of action, choice, and concentration

Question 3

Halo effect:

Answer 3

Cognitive bias, our first impression of a person influences how we feel and think about their character- Prejudice

Question 4

Availability bias:

Answer 4

We base the probability of an event on information that we already have and that information is therefore easily accessed

Question 5

Level noise:

Answer 5

variability in assessments in the same case by different individuals.

Question 6

Pattern noise:

Answer 6

• Stable Pattern Noise: probability the most important source of variability is that people just see the world differently
• Occasion noise: variability resulting from a temporary effect (e.g., mood)

Question 7

Malingering:

Answer 7

Fabrication, exaggeration of physical/psychological symptoms