CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When Tom and Alice were dating, he learned that she liked to receive flowers after they had a fight. Years, later, Tom dates another woman and after having a fight, he stops by the florist to order a bouquet of flowers. Tom is likely affected by which cognitive occurrence.
A
confirmation bias
B
mental set
C
availiability heuristic
D
representative heuristic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Heuristics, on the other hand, are more like mental shortcuts–simple strategies that allow us to solve problems faster, although they’re more error-prone than algorithms.

Detailed explanation-2: -A prime example of fixation is mental set, our tendency to approach a problem with the mind-set of what has worked for us previously. Indeed, solutions that worked in the past often do work on new problems.

Detailed explanation-3: -Heuristics is the process by which humans use mental short cuts to arrive at decisions. Heuristics are simple strategies that humans, animals, organizations, and even machines use to quickly form judgments, make decisions, and find solutions to complex problems.

Detailed explanation-4: -How does the concept of overconfidence influence your decisions or judgements in both helpful and detrimental ways? The tendency to be more confident than correct-to overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements.

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