PLA #7 -- The Cognitive Perspective I
Chapter 9, Thinking and Reasoning

Due in class Thursday, Oct. 29th

Please answer the following questions:

  1. Give a real world example of each of the following: Fundamental attribution error: assimilation; hindsight bias. (3 pts.)


  2. What makes a person "creative"? Do creative people think differently from noncreative people? (3 pts.)


  3. Using what you have learned in this chapter, do you believe that animals can think? Support your answer with evidence and arguments. (2 pts.)


  4. Give a real-world example of egocentrism. (2 pts.)




Please post your question on the chapter, including an explanation of your reasoning on the question, on the class conference two hours before class.

PLA 7--Thinking and Reasoning (01)
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