Cognition

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Cognition

• Homo sapien
• Rational Capabilities
• vs.
• Irrational Errors

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Concepts

• Building blocks
• Mental groupings
• Hierarchies

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Forming Concepts

• By definition
• Using prototypes
• EXEMPLARS

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Features of Problem Solving

• Problem space
• Initial state
• Goal state
• Intermediate steps
• Objective Prob Space

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Solving Problems

• Trial error
• Algorithms
• Heuristics
• Insight

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Obstacles

• Confirmation bias
• Fixation
• Mental set
• Funtional fixedness

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Decisions and Judgements

• Logic or educated guess?
• Heuristics

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Representative Heuristic

• To judge the likelihood of things based on how
  well they match a prototype

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Availability Heuristic

• To judge the likelihood of events based on their
  availability in memory

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Overconfidencemore confident than correct

• We all do it!
• (examples?)
• Adaptive value

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Framing

• How an issue is framed can affect decisions and
  judgements

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Belief Bias

• Prexisting beliefs distort logical reasoning

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Belief Perseverance

• Clinging to beliefs
• Filtering info to support beliefs
• Applies to self-image