GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
COGNITION AND EMOTIONS
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Question
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Trying every possible combination of letters when unscrambling a word
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Considering each possible move when playing chess
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Using the formula “area=length x width” to find the area of a rectangle
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Playing chess using a defensive strategy that has often been successful for you
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Search for analogies, working backward and means-end analysis are all examples of problem-solving heuristics.
Detailed explanation-3: -The three heuristics that received most attention were availability, representativeness, and anchoring and adjustment. The availability heuristic refers to the tendency to assess the probability of an event based on the ease with which instances of that event come to mind.
Detailed explanation-4: -The representativeness heuristic is best illustrated by the following example: to decide whether someone is a software developer, you compare their characteristics to the characteristics of the typical software developer you have in mind.