Functional Fixedness - When he couldn't find a fly swatter, Li used a rolled-up magazine to swat an annoying fly in his bedroom. In this way, he overcame, Availability Heuristic - Tom avoids going downtown because he has read several news stories about muggings that occurred downtown. Official police reports indicate that you are actually more likely to get mugged in the suburbs. The fact that Tom won't go downtown indicates he is being influenced by, Convergent Thinking - Students in Math I solve problems and identify the the best correct answer, Divergent Thinking - Your teacher asks how many uses you can think of for a paper plate. She is testing your, Belief Perseverance - Thomas still believes that the congresswoman is an honest person even after she is arrested and sent to jail. Thomas is experiencing, Representative Heuristics - Darren worked for a time as a waiter at a retirement home, on occasion people were impatient with him and could be rude. Now, Darren believes that all individuals who live in retirement homes are rude and impatient., Cognition - The field of psychology devoted to Memory, Problem Solving, and Memory, Algorithm - A process that uses specific rules that will guarantee a correct answer, Confirmation Bias - Sheri believes left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people. Whenever this person encounters a person that is both left-handed and creative, they place greater importance on this "evidence" that supports what they already believe.,

Cognition - Part III / Examples

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