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... simple judgmental operations . Few , if any , stimuli are approached for the first time by the adult . In- stead , they are processed through preexisting systems of schematized and abstracted knowledge - beliefs , theories ...
... simple judgmental operations . Few , if any , stimuli are approached for the first time by the adult . In- stead , they are processed through preexisting systems of schematized and abstracted knowledge - beliefs , theories ...
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... simple heuristics and immediately available knowledge structures that leads to grief ; it is also the failure to make necessary adjustments of initial judgments . That is , once a simple heuristic or schema has been used , subsequent ...
... simple heuristics and immediately available knowledge structures that leads to grief ; it is also the failure to make necessary adjustments of initial judgments . That is , once a simple heuristic or schema has been used , subsequent ...
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... simple regression phenomena . Consider , for example , the oft - cited “ sophomore slump " familiar to baseball fans , even fans who happen also to be scientists familiar with the use and interpretation of statistics . A sensational ...
... simple regression phenomena . Consider , for example , the oft - cited “ sophomore slump " familiar to baseball fans , even fans who happen also to be scientists familiar with the use and interpretation of statistics . A sensational ...
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inferential problems and the formal scientific | 8 |
summary | 15 |
the representativeness heuristic | 24 |
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