GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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Belief bias
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The availability heuristic
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The representativeness heuristic
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Functional fixedness
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Detailed explanation-1: -look for information that is consistent with one’s beliefs. Failing to see that an article of clothing can be inflated as a life preserver is an example of: functional fixedness.
Detailed explanation-2: -Terms in this set (10) Which of the following provides the best example of functional fixedness? Seeing more efficient solutions to the problem.
Detailed explanation-3: -Heuristics can be mental shortcuts that ease the cognitive load of making a decision. Examples that employ heuristics include using trial and error, a rule of thumb or an educated guess.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is functional fixedness? Functional fixedness is what’s called a cognitive bias. This means that your brain is used to thinking of a particular thing in a specific way, which limits your ability to think of it in a new or innovative way.
Detailed explanation-5: -An example of belief perseverance is a person who believes that smoking does not cause cancer despite the abundance of evidence that shows that smoking does cause cancer.