Experimental Psychology: Limitations of Supporting Data
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>The limitations of supporting data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which approach uses nonscientific sources of data and nonscientific inference?

    <p>Commonsense Psychology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the scientific mentality assume about behavior?

    <p>It follows a natural order and can be predicted</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which behavior reduces the accuracy of our explanation and prediction?

    <p>Overuse of Trait Explanations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Gambler’s Fallacy involve?

    <p>Misusing data to estimate the probability of an event</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of the Principle of Modus Tollens?

    <p>To prove a statement using contrary observations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do we engage in good thinking according to the text?

    <p>By systematically collecting and interpreting data</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Law of Parsimony emphasize?

    <p>Making the smallest number of unsupported assumptions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of replication in psychological science?

    <p>To increase confidence in experimental results</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the requirement for an experiment according to the text?

    <p>To create at least two treatment conditions and randomly assign subjects</p> Signup and view all the answers

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