AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Belief Bias: the tendency for one’s preexisting beliefs to distort logical reasoning, sometimes by making invalid conclusions seem valid, or valid conclusions seem invalid. Belief Perseverance: clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited.

Detailed explanation-2: -Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.

Detailed explanation-3: -*Algorithm-a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem.

Detailed explanation-4: -Functional Fixedness. The tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions; an impediment to problem solving.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mental set, in basic terms, refers to the tendency to stick to solutions that have worked for you in the past when trying to solve a problem.