Human Heuristic
A Human Heuristic is a heuristic used by a human to make life decisions.
- AKA: Life Heuristic.
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- Example(s):
- "A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned"
- "... work with that collaborator on meaningful problems" (Shustek, 2010)
- "It takes a while to become really, really good at something. Stick with it. Focus. Persistence” (Shustek, 2010).
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- Counter-Example(s):
- When filling a box start with the largest piece that will fit.
- See: Personal Goal, Judgement Task, Biased Human Heuristic.
References
2010
- (Shustek, 2010) ⇒ Len Shustek. (2010). “An Interview with Ed Feigenbaum.” In: Communications of the ACM, 53(6). doi:10.1145/1743546.1743564
- QUOTE: What are some of your life heuristics?
1974
- (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974) ⇒ Amos Tversky, and Daniel Kahneman. (1974). “Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases.” In: science Journal, 185(4157). doi:10.1126/science.185.4157.1124
1972
- (Kahneman & Tversky, 1972) ⇒ Daniel Kahneman, and Amos Tversky. (1972). “Subjective Probability: A Judgment of Representativeness.” In: Cognitive psychology Journal, 3(3).
- QUOTE: This paper explores a heuristic — representativeness — according to which the subjective probability of an event, or a sample, is determined by the degree to which it: (i) is similar in essential characteristics to its parent population; and (ii) reflects the salient features of the process by which it is generated.