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| Basing the estimated probability of an event on the ease with which relevant instances come to mind. |
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| The idea that people tend to use simple strategies in decision making that focus on only a few facets of available options and often result in irrational decisions that are less than optimal. See Theory of bounded rationality. |
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| An error that occurs when people estimate that the odds of two uncertain events happening together are greater than the odds of either event happening alone. |
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| Narrowing down a list of alternatives to converge on a single correct answer. |
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| A numerical index of the degree of relationship between two variables. |
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| The generation of ideas that are original, novel, and useful. |
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| The process of evaluating alternatives and making choices among them. |
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| Scores that locate subjects precisely within the normal distribution, using the standard deviation as the unit of measurement. |
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| Trying to expand the range of alternatives by generating many possible solutions. |
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| The tendency to perceive an item only in terms of its most common use. |
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| The belief that the odds of a chance event increase if the event hasnt occurred recently. |
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| An estimate of the proportion of trait variability in a population that is determined by variations in genetic inheritance. |
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| A strategy, guiding principle, or rule of thumb used in solving problems or making decisions. |
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| A problem-solving approach that entails selecting the alternative at each choice point that appears to lead most directly to ones goal. |
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| In problem solving, the sudden discovery of the correct solution following incorrect attempts based primarily on trial and error. |
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| Intelligence quotient (IQ) |
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| A childs mental age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100. |
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| In intelligence testing, a score that indicates that a child displays the mental ability typical of a child of that chronological (actual) age. |
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| Persisting in using problem-solving strategies that have worked in the past. |
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| A symmetric, bell-shaped curve that represents the pattern in which many characteristics are dispersed in the population. |
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| A figure that indicates the percentage of people who score below the score one has obtained. |
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| The reasons presented to persuade someone that a conclusion is true or probably true. |
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| Active efforts to discover what must be done to achieve a goal that is not readily available. |
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| Genetically determined limits on IQ or other traits. |
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| Giving an abstract concept a name and then treating it as though it were a concrete, tangible object. |
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| The measurement consistency of a test (or of other kinds of measurement techniques). |
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| Representativeness heuristic |
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| Basing the estimated probability of an event on how similar it is to the typical prototype of that event. |
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| Making choices under conditions of uncertainty. |
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| Theory of bounded rationality |
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| The idea that people tend to use simple strategies in decision making that focus on only a few facets of available options and often result in irrational decisions that are less than optimal. |
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| Trying possible solutions sequentially and discarding those that are in error until one works. |
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| The ability of a test to measure what it was designed to measure. |
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