PSY 654 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Francis Bacon, Inductive Reasoning, Psy
30 Dec 2015
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Goal is to derive speci c conclusions form a general principle. Goal is to infer a general principle or theory from speci c observations. They can never be proven, but can be falsi ed. Professor x gets upset when asked if she"ll issue a paper extension. Professor y gives f"s for late papers. Professor z takes 20% off each day a paper is late. The human understanding, when it has once adopted an opinion draws all things else to support and agree with it. Though there may be (more) instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects or despises, or else by some distinction sets aside and rejects. ~mogg et al. , 2000, j abnormal psy. Most inductive judgments require complex evaluations of many aspects. We resort to heuristics (simplifying rules of thumb, or mental shortcuts ) to make life easier, thereby violating rationality.
