PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Confirmation Bias, Availability Heuristic, Botulinum Toxin
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What was your new year"s resolution: typical: eating healthier, studying more, working out, meditation, one thing that helps people with their resolution is reading books on how to do this ex. Reading books on how to manage your spending: sometimes it"s stuff that"s made up, sometimes it"s real research, course based on helping you evaluate if its real information from a quality source. Authority figures: celebrity, doctor, older sibling etc, problems: Does that person have the expertise to give an opinion about the product/issue. Dr. oz is an actual doctor but does he know everything about the book he"s promoting? (you. Your own experience and those of the people you trust (parents, friends, personal experiences etc. : problems: You (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e it (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it (cid:373)akes se(cid:374)se, or (cid:373)akes for a (cid:862)good stor(cid:455)(cid:863) (e(cid:454). I tried this thing and it worked well on me) Mistake you make when thinking about something. Tendency to use information that"s readily available.
