In recalling experiences, why does availability influence our judgments?
Heuristics can be considered the processes.
Adjustment and anchoring
... [Show More] heuristics is a phenomenon where .
Which of the following statements about insight problem solving is accurate?
Heuristics are most likely engaged when .
Judging a person by his/her racial stereotype is an example of bias due to what type of heuristics?
What did Metcalfe and Wiebe's research on the feelings of warmth during insight and non- insight problems demonstrate?
There is a popular belief that weather changes are tied to arthritis pain despite a lack of scientific evidence linking the two. This is an example of .
When people heard that my first child was a very difficult baby, they often said that there's a good chance my second child would be a very easy baby. The assumption seems to be that the likelihood of having two consecutive children who are difficult babies is much lower than having a difficult baby and an easy baby. This demonstrates .
The "insight" moment in problem solving often follows .
The perceived rate of autistic spectrum disorders has increased greatly in recent years. Beside changing diagnostic criteria, this perception of high prevalence may also be related to the increased visibility of such diagnoses in the media. This can be explained by the heuristics.
In the laboratory, "insight problems" adopted by researchers have which of the following common features?
When people are asked whether there are more words starting with an R or words having R as the third letter, people always conclude that there are more words starting with an R. In fact, R occurs more frequently as the third letter than as the starting letter. This demonstrates bias due to .
Recently it was reported that a female minority physician was told by the flight attendant to go back to her seat when she volunteered to help a passenger who fell ill on a flight. The flight attendant surely was aware that there are many minority female physicians in this world and yet she seemed to have dismiss the possibility of encountering one on the flight. This is closest to which phenomenon?
Which cognitive deficit has the most devastating effect on insight problem solving process?
The brain relies on heuristics because they work well in many situations. For example, availability heuristics is based on the cognitive fact that .
All of the following factors affect the occurrence of "insight" during problem solving, except .
The representativeness heuristics proposed by Tversky and Kahneman refers to a tendency to categorize something based on .
Some people have severe fear of flying because of the potential of plane crash, despite the objective knowledge that the probability of automobile accidents is much higher. This is best explained by .
Which term refers to problems that require a restructuring of the way in which they are represented before a solution is possible? [Show Less]