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What cognitive bias leads us to feel more confident about our conclusions than is warranted by available data?
What cognitive bias leads us to feel more confident about our conclusions than is warranted by available data?
- Recency Bias
- Confirmation Bias
- Anchoring Bias
- Overconfidence Bias (correct)
How can overconfidence bias affect the conclusions we draw?
How can overconfidence bias affect the conclusions we draw?
- It causes individuals to give greater weight to recent events when evaluating past outcomes.
- It leads to excessive reliance on the first piece of information encountered.
- It causes individuals to seek out information that confirms their existing beliefs.
- It results in feeling more confident about conclusions than is warranted by available data. (correct)
What is a potential consequence of overconfidence bias?
What is a potential consequence of overconfidence bias?
- Relying too heavily on the first piece of information encountered.
- Seeking out information that confirms existing beliefs.
- Making decisions based on the most recent information available.
- Feeling more confident about conclusions than is warranted by available data. (correct)
What is the focus of the experimental psychology lesson?
What is the focus of the experimental psychology lesson?
Which approach uses nonscientific sources of data and nonscientific inference?
Which approach uses nonscientific sources of data and nonscientific inference?
What does the scientific mentality assume about behavior?
What does the scientific mentality assume about behavior?
Which behavior reduces the accuracy of our explanation and prediction?
Which behavior reduces the accuracy of our explanation and prediction?
What does the Gambler’s Fallacy involve?
What does the Gambler’s Fallacy involve?
What is the main purpose of the Principle of Modus Tollens?
What is the main purpose of the Principle of Modus Tollens?
How do we engage in good thinking according to the text?
How do we engage in good thinking according to the text?
What does the Law of Parsimony emphasize?
What does the Law of Parsimony emphasize?
What is the purpose of replication in psychological science?
What is the purpose of replication in psychological science?
What is the requirement for an experiment according to the text?
What is the requirement for an experiment according to the text?
