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OSH546: Heuristics Detailed Questions And Expert Answers
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OSH546: Heuristics Detailed Questions AndExpert Answers
What is a Heuristic?
a mental shortcut that helps us make decisions and judgements quickly. the word
comes from "eureka"
-provides efficiency, not necessarily effectiveness
What does the avalibility heuristics rely on?
immediate examples that come to a given persons mind when evaluating a specific
topic, concept, method or decision
-We can use them to mistakenly make broad inferences with very little data
The psychology field has a lot to say about heuristics. Particularly worthy of your
note are:
-Availability
-Loss aversion
-Representativeness
-Framing
WYSIATI
, "What You See Is All There Is"
if you haven't experienced it, it doesn't exist and isn't relevant
-never been to new york but you have an idea that it is gross from picutires seen
online
Essentially heuristics is what?
it is what you know & what you decide based off of what youve been exposed to
Why is autism rates higher?
rates are getting higher because were getting better at diagnosing it, not
necessarly because we have more people with autism. but we know how to
actually dianoise it now.
How dangerous we view things is based off of our experiences, why is this?
its the avalibility heuristic. we dont know any better, its all we know, its what is
avalible to us.
What is loss aversion?
not wanting to lose
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