crash course #15 ap psych
algorithms - ✅✅-very specific, step-by-step procedures for solving certain types
of problems
availability heuristic - ✅✅-making a decision based on the answer that most
easily comes to mind rather than actual odds or factual info
belief perseverance - ✅✅ -tendency to cling to initial conception to beliefs
despite proof to the contrary
cognition - ✅✅ -internal mental processes including information processing,
thinking, reasoning, and problem solving
concepts - ✅✅-mental grouping of similar objects, people, ideas or events that
help us understand the world
confirmation bias - ✅✅-a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
framing - ✅✅-how an issue is posed or presented
Can significantly affect decisions and judgements
heuristics - ✅✅-A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make
judgment and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier, but more error-prone
than algorithms
mental set - ✅✅ -a tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often
a way that has been successful in the past
prototype - ✅✅-a mental image or best example of a certain thing
can lead to prejudice if we see things that don't fit prototype
trail and error - ✅✅-slow and deliberate
algorithms - ✅✅-very specific, step-by-step procedures for solving certain types
of problems
availability heuristic - ✅✅-making a decision based on the answer that most
easily comes to mind rather than actual odds or factual info
belief perseverance - ✅✅ -tendency to cling to initial conception to beliefs
despite proof to the contrary
cognition - ✅✅ -internal mental processes including information processing,
thinking, reasoning, and problem solving
concepts - ✅✅-mental grouping of similar objects, people, ideas or events that
help us understand the world
confirmation bias - ✅✅-a tendency to search for information that supports our
preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence
framing - ✅✅-how an issue is posed or presented
Can significantly affect decisions and judgements
heuristics - ✅✅-A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make
judgment and solve problems efficiently; usually speedier, but more error-prone
than algorithms
mental set - ✅✅ -a tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often
a way that has been successful in the past
prototype - ✅✅-a mental image or best example of a certain thing
can lead to prejudice if we see things that don't fit prototype
trail and error - ✅✅-slow and deliberate
