Exam 12: Reasoning and Decision Making

We are very good at logical reasoning.

______ is about absolute truth, while ______ examines the likelihood of a conclusion being true.

To be able to do category induction, our cognitive system must be able to ______.

______ developed the logical rules of syllogistic reasoning.

______ statements are those that are either true or false.

There are rarely established procedures for solving a problem in a laboratory setting.

______ focus on how we represent arguments.

Correlation implies causation.

Forrest Gump's famous quote, "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get," is an example of ______.

______ approaches propose that errors arise from general biases against making particular conclusions.

Compare and contrast deductive vs. inductive reasoning.

A bias in reasoning where stereotypes are relied on to make judgments and solve problems is called ______ bias.

The ideal model of decision making involves ______.

One of the best ways to establish causal relationships is ______.

Imagine you are watching the news, and you see there was a fire at a club you were planning to go to that same night. You realize that if you had not been too tired to go out, you might have been there. This is an example of ______.

Propositional reasoning is another name for ______.

The probability heuristics model proposes that everyday reasoning is not based on probability but rather on logic.

Conclusion interpretation approaches propose that errors arise from general biases against making particular conclusions.

One of the major differences between laboratory reasoning tasks and everyday reasoning tasks is that ______.

The general model of decision making suggests that we spend time structuring our decision before making a final decision.