PSYS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Belief Perseverance, Confirmation Bias, Chuck Grassley
13 Apr 2017
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Psychology 100: from inquiry to understanding (lecture 3) Science is and approach to evidence, a toolbox of skills used to prevent us from fooling ourselves. Science involves: communalism- willingness to share our findings with others, disinterestedness- attempt to be objective when evaluating evidence. Stanford university researcher had a financial connection to a drug- development company. Harvard child psychiatrist whose work has helped fuel an explosion in the use of powerful antipsychotic medicines in children. Senator grassley pushed for disclosure of financial interests. Senator grassley again identified a conflict of interest. Scientific bias: a focus on info that supports our beliefs, while discounting other information. Confirmation bias: tendency to seek out evidence that supports our hypothesis and neglect or distort contradicting evidence, scientists need to design studies that may disprove their theories. Belief perseverance- tendency to stick to our initial beliefs even when evidence contradicts them: belief remains typically through confirmation bias.
