PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Falsifiability, Research, Randomness
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Hindsight bias- i could have told you that. i wouldn"t have done that. Overconfidence- you knew what was going on from the start, and you are different from other people. Patterns in randomness (patternicity)- when things seem to happen in a certain sequence, we link them together even when there"s no relation. Complete coincidence, but we start a superstitious belief. (lucky socks for sports). Bandwagon- if your friend jumped off a bridge, would you? change your beliefs to match friends. Not me! - might happen to someone else, but not me. I"m actually a better driver when i drink. (hahaha) In reality, we need more science and research to more accurately predict and understand any phenomena. But the conclusions are only as valuable as the scientific and research methods used to collect data. Read the material and don"t just take the statements at face value.
