Chapter 8: Cognition and Language, Part 1
Table of Contents
- Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
- Cognition and Language
- Mental Representations, Thinking Strategies, and Biological Aspects of Cognition
- Mental Representations
- Schemas
- Draw a Penny
- 2010 U.S. Penny
- Draw a Penny: Analysis
- Schema Example
- Rocky Story (1)
- Rocky Story (2)
- About the Rocky Story
- Amy
- Amy: Questions
- About the Amy Story
- Scripts
- Concepts
- Thinking Strategies
- Formal Reasoning
- Informal Reasoning
- Anchoring Heuristic
- Scenario
- Representativeness Heuristic
- Availability Heuristic
- Biological Aspects of Cognition
- Evoked Potentials (1)
- Evoked Potentials (2)
- Evoked Potentials (3)
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Scenario
A panel of psychologists interviewed a sample of 70 engineers and 30 lawyers, summarizing their impressions in thumbnail descriptions of each individual. The following description has been drawn at random from the sample of 70 engineers and 30 lawyers.<br /><br />"John is a 39 year old man. He is married and has two children. He is active in local politics. The hobby that he most enjoys is rare book collecting. He is competitive, argumentative, and articulate."<br /><br />What is the probability that John is a lawyer?