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StudyguideWeek5.pdf
Reisberg: Chapter 12—Judgment and Reasoning (Pages 427-‐‑440 & 448-‐‑462)
• Describe the Availability Heuristic • Describe the Representativeness Heuristic (also discussed in the Workbook
assignment this week). • Why is covariation important? Describe how the confirmation bias and base-‐‑
rate information influence covariation. • Compare/Contrast induction and deduction. • What is a conditional statement? What arguments lead to a correct
conclusion? You will practice with the Wason Selection Task in the ZAPS this week.
• How can “framing” influence decision-‐‑making?
Reisberg: Chapter 13—Problem Solving and Intelligence
• When comparing problem solving to a process of search what is the initial state? What are the set of operators? What are path constraints? What is the problem space?
• Describe the following problem-‐‑solving heuristics: (1) hill-‐‑climbing strategy, (2) means-‐‑ends analysis, and (3) analogies.
• What is functional fixedness? • What is Einstellung? • Describe Wallas’s four stages of creative thought: (1) preparation, (2)
incubation, (3) illumination, and (4) verification. • What is reliability? What is validity? • What is general intelligence (g)? • Compare/Contrast fluid and crystalized intelligence. • Define practical intelligence and emotional intelligence. • What evidence is there to support the importance of nature (genetics) in
intelligence? • What evidence is there to support the importance of nurture (environment)
in intelligence?
