1. Do Now
List non-traditional uses for a spoon, wad of gum, and a paper clip. (they do not need to be used all together)

2. Unit 7B Cognition: Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity, & Language

3. Recap on Heuristics
Quick thinking and rationale to help us make judgements and solve problems
This is prone to error because we are following a step by step process to ensure the correct outcome
Sometimes these intuitive judgements are instantaneous
While a heuristic often helps us solve problems, it can also bias our judgment

4. Types of Heuristics
These helpful shortcuts can lead to smart people making dumb decisions
Representative Heuristic: shortcut for judging the how well an item fits its prototype
EX: Judging a person because they fit our personal mental pic of what a bump looks like
allows people to make quick judgments…but those judgments are often wrong as you often ignore all other relevant information
Availability Heuristic: shortcut for judging events based on how mentally available information is
EX: we think people when all the time in Vegas (because it is advertised a lot so we judge that people win a lot)
Because the info comes to mind easily we assume the action, event etc. is common (happens more often)
Info the “pops into mind”

5. Overconfidence
Overconfidence: the tendency to be more confident than correct
EX: Students believing that it will only take 1 hour to do project when it actually takes 5
People often overestimate the accuracy of their own beliefs or decisions – it happens all the time in many different situations
Confidence does have its benefits though

6. Belief Perseverance
Belief Perseverance: clinging to one’s initial beliefs even when presented with contrary evidence
EX: Tell a kid the Santa isn’t real.. Prove that Santa isn’t real and the kids say “nope, he’s real!”
The more we appreciate why our beliefs might be true the more we cling to them
We begin to ignore contradicting evidence

7. Intuition
Intuition: an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought
EX: This ally is scary looking so its dangerous and I will NOT walk down it
instant help when we are in need
That gut feeling
Smart thinkers welcome intuition but check it against evidence to be sure

8. Impact of Framing Framing: the way an issue is presented
EX: Condoms are 95% effective or condoms have a 5% fail rate
Can have a profound effect on judgment
Framing can be used to manipulate people to influence our decisions so… be careful

9. Act it Out
6 groups
Representative heuristic
Availability heuristic
Overconfidence
Belief perseverance
Intuition
Framing
Each group will perform a little skit that demonstrate the assigned term
This will be quick I swear

10. Today
Quiz on Qs #5-7
Questions
HW+ Qs #8-11