CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
You hear that one of the Smith children is an outstanding Little League player and you immediately conclude that it’s their son rather than any of their four daughters. You reached your quite possibly erroneous conclusion as the result of:
A
The confirmation bias
B
The availability heuristic
C
The representativeness heuristic
D
Belief perseverance
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following best describes the relationship between creativity and aptitude as reflected in intelligence test scores? d. a certain level of aptitude is necessary but not sufficient for creativity.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A heuristic is another type of problem solving strategy. While an algorithm must be followed exactly to produce a correct result, a heuristic is a general problem-solving framework (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). You can think of these as mental shortcuts that are used to solve problems.

Detailed explanation-4: -Representativeness. A popular shortcut method in problem-solving identified in behavioral economics is called representativeness heuristics. Representativeness uses mental shortcuts to make decisions based on past events or traits that are representative of or similar to the current situation.

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