PSYC 314 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hindsight Bias, Belief Perseverance, Confirmation Bias
16 May 2017
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Your turn 1. 1: michelle believes her boss is an extremely difficult person. To see if her belief has merit, she asks all of her co-workers who have also had problems with him in the past if they believe the same thing. To make his decision easier, he creates a list of 25 reasons why he likes the car. Listing so many reasons will probably be difficult and can actually make you like it less. (pleasure paradox: no. If he really liked the car, he would not need a list to help him make this decision: yes. Trying to generate 25 reasons will show luke how much he likes the car: yes. Ryan is exhibiting which flaw in our thinking: overconfidence phenomenon, belief perseverance, hindsight bias, better-than-average law. Your turn 1. 2: dr. ndukwe attends a party where several people, upon learning that she is a psychologist, offer suggestions for things she could study in her research.
