CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The availability heuristic (or availability bias) is a type of cognitive bias that helps us make fast, but sometimes incorrect, assessments. It involves relying on information that comes to mind quickly or is most available to us.

Detailed explanation-2: -For example, after seeing several news reports about car thefts, you might make a judgment that vehicle theft is much more common than it really is in your area. This type of availability heuristic can be helpful and important in decision-making.

Detailed explanation-3: -They described the availability heuristic as “whenever [one] estimates frequency or probability by the ease with which instances or associations could be brought to mind.” In simpler terms, one guesses the likelihood that things happen by using easily recalled memories as a reference.

Detailed explanation-4: -The most fundamental heuristic is trial and error, which can be used in everything from matching nuts and bolts to finding the values of variables in algebra problems. In mathematics, some common heuristics involve the use of visual representations, additional assumptions, forward/backward reasoning and simplification.

Detailed explanation-5: -If, as we sometimes do, the students had just received an emergency notification about an armed robbery on the campus, they would likely give the campus a lower safety rating than if they had received that same notification a month ago, and it was less readily available in their memory.