Examples of heuristic in the following topics:
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- Heuristics are sometimes perceived to be legitimate assumptions about an individual and sometimes deemed illegitimate.
- Legitimate heuristics tend to just be those that import positive generalizations to a particular person.
- However, the same heuristic can function in negative ways; this is the underlying mechanism that enables stereotypes.
- Both legitimate and illegitimate heuristics demonstrate how knowledge about one's group affiliations conveys perceived social knowledge about that individual.
- Discuss how heuristics allow people to learn about people within a society based on group affiliation and give examples of both positive and negative heuristics
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- Stereotypes are useful for the human brain because they operate as a heuristic or a cognitive mechanism to quickly gather, process, and synthesize information.
- Therefore, we have heuristics to make the process more efficient.
- In line with the reasoning that describes heuristics, distinguishing oneself from others is a cognitively necessary step; it allows us to develop a sense of identity.
- Given the social and cognitive necessities of heuristics, the problem with stereotyping is not the existence of the cognitive function.
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- A heuristic device to help you think about society from a conflict perspective is to ask, "Who benefits from this element of society?
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- Instead, it is a useful heuristic, or way of thinking, that can be very productive in understanding behavior.