Do Now List nontraditional uses for a spoon

Do Now • List non-traditional uses for a spoon, wad of gum, and a paper clip. (they do not need to be used all together)

Unit 7 B Cognition: Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity, & Language Thinking, Problem Solving, & Creativity

Recap on Heuristics • Quick thinking and rationale to help us make judgements and solve problems • This is prone to error because we are following a step by step process to ensure the correct outcome • Sometimes these intuitive judgements are instantaneous • While a heuristic often helps us solve problems, it can also bias our judgment

Types of Heuristics • These helpful shortcuts can lead to smart people making dumb decisions • Representative Heuristic: shortcut for judging the how well an item fits prototype • EX: Judging a person because they fit our personal mental pic of what a bump looks like • allows people to make quick judgments…but those judgments are often wrong as you often ignore all other relevant information • Availability Heuristic: shortcut for judging events based on how mentally available information is • EX: we think people when all the time in Vegas (because it is advertised a lot so we judge that people win a lot) • Because the info comes to mind easily we assume the action, event etc. is common (happens more often) • Info the “pops into mind”

Overconfidence • Overconfidence: the tendency to be more confident than correct • EX: Students believing that it will only take 1 hour to do project when it actually takes 5 • People often overestimate the accuracy of their own beliefs or decisions – it happens all the time in many different situations • Confidence does have its benefits though

Belief Perseverance • Belief Perseverance: clinging to one’s initial beliefs even when presented with contrary evidence • EX: Tell a kid the Santa isn’t real. . Prove that Santa isn’t real and the kids say “nope, he’s real!” • The more we appreciate why our beliefs might be true the more we cling to them • We begin to ignore contradicting evidence

Intuition • Intuition: an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought • EX: This ally is scary looking so its dangerous and I will NOT walk down it • instant help when we are in need • That gut feeling • Smart thinkers welcome intuition but check it against evidence to be sure

Impact of Framing • Framing: the way an issue is presented • EX: Condoms are 95% effective or condoms have a 5% fail rate • Can have a profound effect on judgment • Framing can be used to manipulate people to influence our decisions so… be careful

Act it Out • 6 groups • • • Representative heuristic Availability heuristic Overconfidence Belief perseverance Intuition Framing • Each group will perform a little skit that demonstrate the assigned term • This will be quick I swear

Today • Quiz on Qs #5 -7 • Questions • HW+ Qs #8 -11