Heuristics
Through my research on the
topic of Heuristics, it is a process of problem solving that uses personal beliefs
and perceptions we have based on our own individual life and experiences.
Decision making can be super simple or really complex. I learned the word
actually means “to discover” from the Greek.
As humans we make choices and
judgements everyday such as what to wear, if we can trust someone or not, what way to walk to class, and somethings as simple as, what
we should eat (the pizza or the salad). Heuristics can almost be a force of
habit type of thing, for example if I was walking to class in Bently Hall from south
green and it is pouring down rain I am obviously going to go through Baker
instead of walking up Morton hill where I would most likely slip and fall, I would
not even think twice about the decision to go through Baker. Also heuristics
can be not so simple such as peer pressure. Underage drinking in college, you
know you should not do it and you know it is not good for you but all of your
new friends do it, so do you? I think other people can change one’s heuristic
over time. Especially right now in time, being a freshman college student some of my perceptions have changed already and I have only been here one semester.
One of the pictures I added
is a photo I took on college green at Ohio University. I made a heuristic in
deciding to go here based on my experiences I knew I wanted to be away from
home and I also fell in love with this place. The other photo I took off of the internet is Mr. Simpson thinking if he wants to eat the donuts or not...relatable!
