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13 Cards in this Set
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Availability heuristic |
Events that are more easily remembered are judged as being more probable (Tornado vs appendicitis) |
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Illusory correlation |
when a correlation between two events appear to exist, but in reality there is no correlation or it is much weaker than is assumed to be |
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Stereotype |
an oversimplified generalization about a group or class of people that often focuses on the negative |
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Representativeness heuristic |
Probability that A is a member of class B is determined by how well properties of A resemble properties usually associated with B |
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Confirmation Bias |
Selectively looking for info that conforms to a hypothesis while ignoring info that argues it |
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Expected utility theory |
If people have all relevant info they will make a decision that results in the ma expected utility, where utility refers to outcomes that achieve goals |
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Risk aversion |
tendency to avoid taking risks |
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framing effect |
decisions are influenced by how the choices are stated, or framed |
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syllogism |
two premises followed by a third statement called the conclusion -All A are B -All B are C -Therefore, all A are C |
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Conditional Syllogism |
Two premises followed by a third statement called the conclusion -If i study ill get a good grade -I studied -Therefore ill get a good grade |
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Falsification rule |
to test a rule it is necessary to look for situations that would falsify the rule |
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Linear syllogism |
Two comparative sentences from which a conclusion must be drawn -B is smaller than A, and B is larger than C, which is the smallest? |
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Eliminative Strategy |
a strategy baed on attempting to falsify your hypotheses in order to eliminate incorrect beliefs |
