Psych Module 35

A methodical, logical rule or step-by-step procedure that guarantees solving a particular solving a particular problem.

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

• Insight

• Confirmation Bias

• Fixation

A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgements and solve problems efficiently

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

• Insight

• Confirmation Bias

• Fixation

A sudden realization of a problem’s solution: contrast with strategy-based solutions

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

• Insight

• Confirmation Bias

• Fixation

A tendency to search for information that supports our perceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence.

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

• Mental set

• Confirmation Bias

• Fixation

The inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an obstacle to problem solving

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

• Mental set

• Confirmation Bias

• Fixation

Our tendency to approach a problem with the mind-set of what has worked for us previously.

• Algorithm

• Heuristic

• Mental set

• Confirmation Bias

• Fixation

an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning

• Intuition

• Representativeness heuristic

• Availability heuristic

estimating the likelihood of events in terms of how well they seem to represent, or match, particular prototypes. It may lead us to ignore other relevant information

• Intuition

• Representativeness heuristic

• Availability heuristic

Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory

• Intuition

• Representativeness heuristic

• Availability heuristic

the tendency to be more confident than correct, to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements.

• Overconfidence

• Planning Fallacy

• Belief Perseverance

• Framing