PSY220H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hindsight Bias, Random Assignment, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Experiment with sending letters to employers where the candidate admitted to manslaughter. Our opinions about why people behave as they do can be mistaken. Hindsight bias: people"s tendency to be overconfident about whether they could have predicted a given outcome. Hypotheses: a prediction about what will happen under particular circumstances. Theory: a body of related propositions intended to describe some aspect of the world. Theories often have empirical data as support and have made accurate predictions. Balance theory is that people like to have consistent thoughts and behaviours and will do substantial mental work to achieve this consistency. Participant observation involves observing some phenomenon at close range. Experiment living with middle-class and working-class to see school preparations. Middle-class families were more prepared and it showed in marks. Researchers look at archives of various kinds for descriptions of different people and their cultures. Observed that insult related homicides are more common in the south was found by looking through fbi reports.
