AP Psyc

6. Subject’s involvement in research procedures
7. heuristic- Basing judgements on how mentally available information is
9. A group based off the similarity of that certain topic
10. fallacy- Belief that past random events affect future one
12. Deviation- The measure used to quantify the amount of variations in a set
16. Focusing on the human thinking process to plan and to solve problems
18. A repeated step by step strategy to solve a problem
19. heuristic- Judging likelihood by how well something fits a prototype

1. fixedness- Inability to see new uses for familiar objects
2. Cognitive shortcut for problem-solving
3. bias- Tendency to search for a source or information to confirm your already held beliefs
4. set- Not changing up the way you solve a problem because it worked in the past
5. Typical example representing a concept
8. thinking- Targeting only one correct solution to a problem
11. and error- If something is successful and if not another new method will be incorporated. You learn from mistakes using this
12. fallacy- Continuous behavior of previously invested resources
13. variable- The variable that’s being manipulated is being studied
14. perseverance- Although the belief is wrong, you still hold onto it
15. thinking- Thinking that produces many possible solutions to a problem
17. study- In-depth study of one person or group