PSYCH-UA 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-2: Ho People, Edward B. Titchener, Falsifiability
12 Feb 2017
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The human brain easily finds patterns: sometimes, we see patterns that do not really exist (ex: face in clouds, satanic message in backward-played music). Statistics help understand the likelihood that events happen by chance. The(cid:396)e"s (cid:374)o patte(cid:396)(cid:374) i(cid:374) ga(cid:373)(cid:271)li(cid:374)g o(cid:396) (cid:449)he(cid:374) a (cid:271)asket(cid:271)all player has a hot streak, but smoking does lead to a higher risk of cancer: seeing relationships that do not exist: making something out of nothing. Two events that happen at the same time are not always related; it is often just coincidence: using relative comparisons: now that you put it that (cid:449)ay . Information that comes first has a strong influence on how people make relative comparisons. How a question is framed also changes how people answer (ex: people prefer information that is presented positively, like how many lives a medicine would save rather than not: accepting after-the-fact explanations: i can explain! People always try to come up with explanations, even with incomplete info (hindsight bias)**.
