Heuristic

toc = Definition: = A rule of thumb that is derived from experiance and used in decision making and problem solving, even though there is no gaurantee of its accuracy or usefulness. Gen Psych Chapter 7, pp. 205

= Examples: =
 * Availability heuristic-A cognitive rule of thumb that says that the perceived probability of an event or the importance assigned to it is based on its availability in memory.
 * Representativeness heuristic-A thinking stratify based on how closely a new object or situation is judged to resemble or match an existing prototype of that object or situation.
 * Recognition heuristic-A strategy in which decision making stops as soon as a factor that moved one toward a deacon has been recognized.
 * Analogy heuristic-A rule of thumb that applies a solution that solved a problem in the past to a current problem that shares many features with the past problem.

= Analogies: = A heuristic is to maybe as an algorithm is to definitely.

= Mnemonics: = Think of Heuristic as Hopefully, like Hopefully this Heuristic will give me an answer.

=In the News:= [|Mass Murder is Nothing to Fear] "Two terrible incidents of violence occurred last week. Michael McLendon went on a killing rampage in Alabama that took the lives of 10 people before he killed himself. Half a world away in Germany, at about the same time, Tim Kretschmer attacked a school and murdered 15 people before killing himself. All told, 27 people died in these two incidents of mass murder." The following news article relates availability heuristic to murders.Such as how many people are murder at a given time,or what kind of people.

media type="youtube" key="pC7vhZvYBHs" height="315" width="420" The following video gives a explanation between representativeness and availability heuristic.In the video a young guy is showing examples of each.For instance,when he takes a trip to the grocery store him choosing his own deoderant was an example of availability heuristic.It's also a very funny video.

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